Predictors of Noncompliance to Antihypertensive Therapy among Hypertensive Patients Ghana: Application of Health Belief Model

Table 2

Association of constructs of HBM with participant’s treatment compliance.

Variables	Non-compliance	Compliance	p-value	aOR (95%CI)
Cues to Action			0.0008
Low	226(56.9%)	123(43.8%)		1
High	171(43.1%)	158(56.2%)		0.59(0.38-0.90)
Perception of benefits			0.0001
Low	233(58.7%)	123(43.8%)		1
High	164(41.3%)	158(56.2%)		0.55(0.36-0.82)
Perception of severity			<0.0001
Low	201(50.6%)	228(81.1%)		1
High	196(49.4%)	53(18.9%)		4.20(2.93-6.00)
Perception of susceptibility			<0.0001
Low	188(47.4%)	206(73.3%)		1
High	209(52.6%)	75(26.7%)		3.05(2.20-4.25)
Perception to barriers			<0.0001
Low	179(45.1 %)	179(63.7%)		1
High	218(54.9%)	102(36.3%)		2.14(1.56-2.92)

aOR: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; p<0.05 is statistically significant; and 1 reference category.