Research Article
Factors Associated with Medication Nonadherence among Hypertensives in Ghana and Nigeria
Table 3
Distribution of study population characteristics by adherence (
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| | Population Characteristics | Nonadherent | Adherent | value | | (%) | (%) |
| | Gender | | | 0.623 | | Male | 104 (68.4) | 48 (31.6) | | | Female | 134 (65.4) | 71 (34.6) | | | Study Site | | | <0.001 | | Korle-Bu | 87 (72.5) | 33 (27.5) | | | Port Harcourt | 70 (95.9) | 3 (4.1) | | | Lagos | 42 (53.2) | 37 (46.8) | | | Ibadan | 39 (45.9) | 46 (54.1) | | | Age | 54.4 ± 13.2 years | 60.9 ± 12.1 years | 0.000 | | Educational status | | | 0.006 | | None | 31 (47.7) | 34 (52.3) | | | Primary | 48 (73.8) | 17 (26.2) | | | Junior | 42 (76.4) | 13 (23.6) | | | Secondary | 47 (71.2) | 19 (28.8) | | | Tertiary | 70 (60.6) | 36 (34.0) | | | Formal education | | | 0.001 | | Yes | 207 (70.9) | 85 (29.1) | | | No | 31 (47.7) | 34 (52.3) | | | Marital status | | | 0.967 | | Married | 172 (66.9) | 85 (33.1) | | | Not married | 66 (66) | 34 (34) | | | Children | | | 0.04 | | Yes | 217 (65.2) | 116 (34.8) | | | No | 21 (87.5) | 3 (12.5) | | | Occupation | | | 0.317 | | Employed | 176 (68.5) | 81 (38.5) | | | Unemployed | 59 (62.1) | 36 (37.9) | | | Cost of drug ($) | | | 0.1 | | <10 | 58 (73.4) | 21 (26.6) | | | 11–30 | 87 (65.9) | 45 (34.1) | | | 31–50 | 36 (67.9) | 17 (32.1) | | | 51–100 | 27 (69.2) | 12 (30.8) | | | >100 | 14 (45.2) | 17 (50.8) | | | Insurance | | | 0.032 | | Yes | 114 (73.1) | 42 (26.9) | | | No | 124 (61.7) | 77 (38.3) | | | Use of herbal medication | | | 0.014 | | Herbal med. | 50 (80.6) | 12 (19.4) | | | No herbal med. | 186 (63.5) | 107 (36.5) | | | Hypertension | | | 0.006 | | Control | 72 (56.7) | 55 (43.3) | | | Uncontrolled | 163 (71.8) | 64 (21.2) | | | Comorbidities | | | 0.874 | | No comorbidity | 132 (69.8) | 57 (30.2) | | | DM or renal comorbidities | 62 (62.6) | 37 (37.4) | | | Other comorbidities | 38 (69.8) | 23 (30.2) | |
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DM: diabetes mellitus.
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