Table 2 Sociodemographic, economic, and clinical characteristics of patients according to their medication adherence status
From: Treatment adherence among patients with hypertension: findings from a cross-sectional study
Variables | Categories | N Adherent (%) | N non-adherent (%) | P - value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | < 45 | 15 (38.5%) | 24 (61.5%) | 0.706 |
46–55 | 45 (46.9%) | 51 (53.1%) | ||
54–65 | 54 (40.9%) | 78 (59.1%) | ||
> 65 | 15 (38.5%) | 24 (61.5%) | ||
Gender | Male | 99 (43.6%) | 128 (56.4%) | 0.382 |
Female | 30 (38%) | 49 (62%) | ||
Marital status | Married | 121 (42.9%) | 161 (57.1%) | 0.766 |
Single | 2 (40%) | 3 (60%) | ||
Divorced | 3 (27.3%) | 8 (72.7%) | ||
Widow/Widower | 3 (37.5%) | 5 (62.5%) | ||
Educational level | Collage | 30 (39.5%) | 46 (60,5%) | 0.937 |
High school | 73 (42.9 | 97 (57.1%) | ||
Middle school | 7 (50%) | 7 (50%) | ||
Elementary school | 17 (42.5%) | 23 (57.5%) | ||
Illiterate | 2 (33.3%) | 4 (66%) | ||
Occupation | Public | 34 (38.2%) | 55 (61.8%) | 0.487 |
Military | 44 (48.9%) | 46 (51.1%) | ||
Private | 2 (25%) | 6 (75%) | ||
Retired | 32 (42.7%) | 43 (57.3%) | ||
Unemployed | 17 (38.6%) | 27 (61.4%) | ||
Monthly income in Saudi Riyal | < 5000 | 38 (46.3%) | 44 (53.7%) | 0.599 |
5000–9999 | 56 (37.6%) | 93 (62.4%) | ||
10,000–14,999 | 23 (48.9%) | 24 (51.1%) | ||
15,000–20,000 | 9 (42.9%) | 12 (57.1%) | ||
> 20,000 | 3 (42.9%) | 4 (57.1%) | ||
Comorbidities | No comorbidities | 49 (57%) | 47 (43%) | 0.004 |
One | 41 (37.6%) | 68 (62%) | ||
> 1 | 39 (35.1%) | 72 (64.9%) | ||
Number of medication | < 4 | 99 (47.1%) | 111 (52.9%) | 0.009 |
≥ 4 | 30 (31.3%) | 66 (68.8%) | ||
Presence of side effects | Yes | 19 (31.7%) | 41 (68.3%) | 0.066 |
No | 110 (44.7%) | 136 (55.3%) | ||
Stop taking medications when he/she’s sick | Yes | 3 (20%) | 12 (80%) | 0.75 |
No | 126 (43.3%) | 165 (56.7%) | ||
Stop taking medications when it is not available at the pharmacy | Yes | 7 (25.9%) | 20 (74.1%) | 0.074 |
No | 122 (43.7%) | 157 (56.3%) | ||
Distance from home to the clinic | < 30 min | 16 (40%) | 24 (60%) | 0.276 |
30–60 min | 94 (45%) | 115 (55%) | ||
> 60 min | 19 (33.3%) | 38 (66.7%) | ||
Number of clinic visits in last year | One | 25 (58.1%) | 18 (41.9%) | 0.044 |
Two | 42 (46.7% | 48 (53.3%) | ||
Three | 26 (35.1%) | 48 (64.9%) | ||
Four | 27 (40.9%) | 39 (59.1%) | ||
< 4 | 9 (27.3%) | 24 (72.7%) | ||
Knowledge about hypertension | Good | 89 (57.4%) | 66 (42.6%) | < 0.005 |
Poor | 40 (26.5%) | 111 (73.5%) |