Medication Nonadherence and Associated Factors among Heart Failure Patients at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of HF patients at the University of Gondar Hospital.

Variables	Categories	(%)
Age (in years)	<45	105 (42.9)
	≥45	140 (57.1)
Sex	Female	163 (66.5)
	Male	82 (33.5)
Marital status	Married	125 (51.0)
	Single	50 (20.4)
	Divorce	28 (11.4)
	Widowed	42 (17.1)
Educational level	No formal education	149 (60.8)
	Primary school [1–8]	52 (21.2)
	Secondary school [9–12]	26 (10.6)
	College/university	18 (7.3)
Place of residence	Rural	114 (46.5)
	Urban	131 (53.5)
Presence of chronic comorbidity	No	136 (55.5)
	Yes	109 (44.5)
Type of comorbidity	HTN	53 (21.6)
	CKD	18 (7.3)
	DM	4 (1.6)
	HTN + CKD	21 (8.6)
	Hyperthyroidism	13 (5.3)
Duration since started to take HF medications	<5 years	158 (64.5)
	5-10 years	65 (26.5)
	>10 years	22 (9.0)
Hospitalization history from the 1^st diagnosis	No	87 (35.5)
	Yes	158 (64.5)
Ejection fraction (EF)		155 (63.3)
		90 (36.7)
New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class	Class I	18 (7.3)
	Class II	33 (13.5)
	Class III	77 (31.4)
	Class IV	117 (47.8)
Types of medication the patients were taking	ACEIs	4 (1.6)
	Diuretics	62 (25.3)
	B-blockers	3 (1.2)
	ACEIs + diuretics	42 (17.1)
	ACEIs + B-blockers	4 (1.6)
	Diuretics + B-blockers	17 (6.9)
	Three or more than three types of drugs	113 (46.1)
Total number of prescribed medication (per day/patient) (; ; range 1-6)

The with and range 18-89; SD: standard deviation; HTN: hypertension; CKD: chronic kidney disease; DM: diabetes mellitus; ACEIs: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors; : frequency; %: percentage.