Low Medication Knowledge and Adherence to Oral Chronic Medications among Patients Attending Community Pharmacies: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Low-Income Country

Table 3

The distribution of participants according to demographic variables and the results of medication knowledge scores and medication adherence scale.

	Mean medication knowledge scores		Mean medication adherence score
	Mean ± SEM		Mean ± SEM
Age		0.024		NS
<65 years old	3.78 ± 0.08		23.61 ± 0.06
≥65 years old	3.33 ± 0.18		23.84 ± 0.14
Gender		NS		0.036
Male	3.71 ± 0.10		22.53 ± 0.07
Female	3.72 ± 0.11		21.77 ± 0.08
Education status		<0.001		<0.001
<high school degree	2.87 ± 0.11		25.87 ± 0.09
≥high school degree	4.25 ± 0.08		24.09 ± 0.06
Duration of medication utilization		NS		NS
<1 year	4.00 ± 0.19		21.67 ± 0.22
≥1 year	3.67 ± 0.08		21.64 ± 0.05
Good medication knowledge				<0.001
Yes (n = 154)	—		25.1 ± 0.89
No (n = 248)	—		23.94 ± 0.90

SEM = standard error.