Medication Noncompliance among Patients with Chronic Diseases Attending a Primary Health Facility in a Periurban District in Ghana

Table 4

Multivariate analysis of risk factors for medication noncompliance.

Factor	B	S.E.	-value	OR (95% CI)
Gender
Male	1
Female	−.335	.394	.395	.715 (.331–1.547)
Age
Young	1
Old	−1.047	.384	.00	.351 (.165–.745)
Education
Not educated	1
Educated	−.567	.411	.168	.567 (.253–1.270)
Marital status
Single	1
Married	.137	.324	.673	1.147 (.608–2.163)
Duration of diagnosis
Short (<6 years)	1
Long (>5 years)	.794	.336	.01	2.213 (1.145–4.278)
Number of tablets taken orally
Less than 5	1
Between 5 and 10	.452	.368	.219	1.571 (.764–3.232)
More than 10	−.213	1.096	.846	.808 (.094–6.919)
Notification of drugs side effects
Yes	1
No	.304	.335	.363	1.356 (.704–2.612)
Use of herbal medication
Yes	1
No	−.230	.387	.552	.794 (.372–1.697)
Difficulty remembering medication instructions
Yes	1
No	1.715	.736	.02	5.557 (1.313–23.524)
Efficacy of medication
Yes	1
No	.323	.767	.674	1.381 (.307–6.217)
Sometimes	1.304	.793	.100	3.685 (.779–17.433)
Awareness of complications that can arise from non-compliance
Yes	1
No	.313	.324	.334	1.367 (.724–2.580)
Medication covered by NHIS
Yes	1
No	−.717	1.176	.542	.488 (.049–4.893)
Some of them	.743	.363	.041	2.102 (1.032–4.278)

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