Characteristics of Inpatient Hypertension Cases and Factors Associated with Admission Outcomes in Ashanti Region, Ghana: An Analytic Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Chi-square test of association of sociodemographic characteristics of inpatient hypertensive clients and outcome of admission.

Variables	Hypertension outcome of admission						Total		– Value
	Died		Discharged		Referred
	Frequency	%	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Age group
25–34	2	3.9	86	5.39	3	4.5	91	8.82	0.304
35–44	3	5.8	218	13.7	11	16.4	232
45–54	10	19.2	355	22.3	17	25.4	382
55–64	8	15.4	326	20.4	14	20.9	348
65+	29	55.8	610	38.2	22	32.8	661
Total	52	100	1595	100	67	100	1714
Sex
Male	24	46.2	506	31.7	27	40.3	557	6.69	0.218
Female	28	53.9	1088	68.3	40	59.7	1156
Total	52	100	1594	100	67	100	1621
Educational level
No formal education	31	59.6	921	57.8	35	52.2	987	7.60	0.414
Primary	16	30.8	564	35.4	25	37.3	605
Secondary	2	3.9	66	4.1	2	3.0	70
Tertiary	3	5.8	42	2.6	5	7.5	50
Total	52	100	1593	100	67	100	1712
NHIS status
Have NHIS	36	69.2	1350	85.7	57	85.1	1443	10.84	0.041
Not having NHIS	16	30.8	225	14.3	10	14.9	251
Total	52	32	1575	100	63	100	1694
Occupation
Unemployed	3	5.8	113	7.1	13	19.4	129	28.09	0.147
Formal Employment	2	3.9	33	2.1	4	6.0	39
Self-employed	13	25.0	651	40.9	18	26.9	682
Student	0	0.0	3	0.2	0	0.0	3
Unspecified	26	50.0	583	36.6	21	31.3	630
Others	8	15.4	208	13.1	11	16.4	227
Total	52	100	1591	100	67	100	1710
Length of stay
1 day	15	34.88	477	31.51	19	33.93	511	11.92	0.155
2 days	7	16.28	473	31.24	12	21.43	492
3 days	5	11.63	230	15.19	9	16.07	244
4 days	4	9.30	114	7.53	4	7.14	122
5+	12	27.91	220	14.53	12	21.43	244
Total	43	100	1514	100	56	100	1613
Facility ownership
Quasi/mission	25	48.1	556	34.9	23	34.3		8.41	0.706
Public	27	51.9	946	59.3	43	64.2
Private	0	0	93	5.8	1	1.5
Total	52	100	1595	100	67	100
District status
Rural	13	25.00	513	32.16	11	16.42	537	8.41	0.221
Urban	39	75.00	1082	67.84	56	83.58	1177
Total	52	100	1595	100	67	100	1714

Statistically significant.