Research Article
Practice and Sociodemographic Factors Influencing Self-Monitoring of Blood Pressure in Ghanaians with Hypertension
Table 3
Comparing the association between practice of self-monitoring of BP (SM) and sociodemographic factors in the respondents.
| | Variable | Total, (%) | Practice of SM (%) | , value |
| | Awareness of SM | | | 49.240, <0.001 | | Awareness of SM | 194 (43.4) | 81 (41.8) | | | Not aware of SM | 253 (56.6) | 32 (12.6) | | | Sex of respondent | | | 3.533, 0.06 | | Male | 188 (42.1) | 39 (20.7) | | | Female | 259 (57.9) | 74 (28.6) | | | Highest education | | | 253.560, <0.001 | | No formal education | 205 (45.9) | 14 (6.8) | | | Junior high school | 94 (21.0) | 11 (11.7) | | | Senior high school | 59 (13.2) | 8 (13.6) | | | Vocational/technical | 64 (14.3) | 10 (15.6) | | | Tertiary | 25 (5.6) | 8 (32) | | | Valid health insurance | | | 32.707, <0.001 | | Yes | 179 (40) | 71 (39.7) | | | No | 268 (60) | 42 (15.7) | | | Occupation | | | 256.298, <0.001 | | Formal employment | 49 (11) | 17 (34.7) | | | Retired | 31 (6.9) | 4 (12.9) | | | Trading/business | 62 (13.9) | 8 (12.9) | | | Artisan/technician | 150 (33.6) | 39 (26) | | | Unemployed | 155 (34.7) | 8 (5.2) | | | Income level | | | 47.34, <0.001 | | Low | 208 (46.5) | 3 (1.4) | | | Middle | 105 (23.5) | 30 (28.6) | | | High | 134 (30) | 80 (59.7) | | | Marital status | | | 45.397, <0.001 | | Single | 19 (4.3) | 14 (73.7) | | | Married | 274 (61.3) | 77 (28.1) | | | Divorced | 101 (22.6) | 6 (5.9) | | | Widowed | 53 (11.9) | 16 (30.2) | |
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