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Table 6 Health conditions of adherents and nonadherent hypertensive people to antihypertensive drug treatment, during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 281)

From: Adherence to antihypertensive treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from a cross-sectional study

Variable

Adherence

P-value

Yes

No

Total

Rescheduling of medical appointment

 Yes

84 (50.9)

56 (48.3)

140 (49.8)

0.667a

 No

81 (49.1)

60 (51.7)

141 (50.2)

Medical appointment rescheduling time (mo)

 1–4

56 (68.3)

39 (70.9)

95 (69.3)

0.954b

 4–6

21 (25.6)

13 (23.6)

34 (24.8)

 ≥ 7

5 (6.1)

3 (5.5)

8 (5.9)

Sought after health care during the pandemic period

 Yes

42 (25.5)

28 (24.1)

82 (24.9)

0.802a

 No

123 (74.5)

88 (75.9)

211 (75.1)

 

Reasons for medical care

 Symptoms related to COVID-19

7 (16.7)

4 (14.3)

11 (15.7)

1.000b

 Routine or emergency consultation

35 (83.3)

24 (85.7)

59 (84.3)

 

Sought after medical care during the pandemic period due to hypertension

 Yes

5 (3.0)

7 (6.0)

12 (4.3)

0.243c

 No

160 (97.0)

109 (94.0)

269 (95.7)

 

COVID-19 medical diagnosis

 Yes

6 (4.0)

3 (2.6)

9 (3.2)

0.623a

 No

159 (96.0)

113 (97.4)

272 (96.8)

 

Left home during quarantine (time)

    

 Yes

124 (56.9)

94 (43.1)

218 (77.6)

0.244a

 1–4

55 (44.7)

31 (33.0)

86 (39.4)

0.042c

 5–8

20 (16.3)

12 (12.8)

32 (14.7)

 9–12

11 (8.9)

5 (5.3)

16 (7.3)

 > 12

37 (30.1)

46 (48.9)

83 (38.6)

Wore a mask when leaving home

 Yes

123 (99.2)

92 (97.9)

215 (98.6)

0.408b

 No/sometimes

1 (0.8)

2 (2.1)

3 (1.4)

 

Contact with people with COVID-19

 Yes

24 (14.7)

14 (12.0)

38 (13.5)

0.667a

 No

139 (85.3)

102 (88.0)

243 (86.5)

 

Felt safe to leave the house after decreasing restriction measures

 Yes

11 (6.7)

12 (10.3)

23 (8.2)

0.268b

 No

154 (93.3)

104 (89.7)

258 (91.8)

 
  1. P-value obtained by aPearson chi-test,
  2. bFisher exact test, and
  3. ct-test