Research Article
Medication Noncompliance among Patients with Chronic Diseases Attending a Primary Health Facility in a Periurban District in Ghana
Table 1
Distribution of respondents by background characteristics (
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| | Characteristic | Frequency | Percent (%) |
| | Age (years) | | | | <40 | 80 | 40.0 | | 40–60 | 79 | 39.5 | | >60 | 41 | 20.5 | | Gender | | | | Male | 48 | 24.0 | | Female | 152 | 76.0 | | Religion | | | | Christian | 176 | 88.0 | | Islam | 16 | 8.0 | | African Traditional | 4 | 2.0 | | None | 4 | 2.0 | | Occupation | | | | Farming | 41 | 20.5 | | Trading | 68 | 34.0 | | Artisan | 13 | 6.5 | | Teacher | 5 | 2.5 | | Driver | 6 | 3.0 | | Health worker | 1 | .5 | | Mechanic | 1 | .5 | | Unemployed | 65 | 32.5 | | Marital status | | | | Single | 43 | 21.5 | | Married | 114 | 57.0 | | Divorced | 14 | 7.0 | | Widowed | 29 | 14.5 | | Educational attainment | | | | None | 45 | 22.5 | | Primary | 40 | 20.0 | | Junior High School | 77 | 38.5 | | Senior High School | 28 | 14.0 | | Tertiary | 10 | 5.0 | | Chronic diseases suffere | | | | HIV/AIDS | 60 | 22.3 | | Hypertension | 75 | 27.9 | | Diabetes | 114 | 42.4 | | Psychiatric illness | 20 | 7.4 | | Duration of diagnosis | | | | Less than a year ago | 15 | 7.5 | | 1–5 years ago | 100 | 50.0 | | 5–10 years ago | 38 | 19.0 | | More than 10 years ago | 47 | 23.5 |
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