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

Table 4

Sociodemographics of study participants and relation to compliance.

Variables	Non-compliance	Compliance	X^2, df	P-value	aOR (95% CI)	p-value
Age Groups (years)			1.3,2	0.519
31-40	167(42.1%)	134(47.7%)			1
41-50	164(41.3%)	100(35.6%)			1.32(0.94-1.84)	0.124
51-60	66(16.6%)	47(16.7%)			1.13(0.73-1.75)	0.657
Gender
Male	214(53.9%)	130(46.2%)			1.33(0.98-1.81)	0.074
Female	187(46.1%)	151(53.8%)			1
Marital Status			3.6, 6	0.724
Single	45(11.3%)	45(16.0%)			1
Married	264(66.5%)	189(67.3%)			1.40(0.88-2.20)	0.163
Divorced	34(8.6%)	17(6.0%)			2.00(0.98-4.09)	0.077
Separate	23(5.8%)	15(5.4%)			1.53(0.71-3.31)	0.334
Widowed	20(5.0%)	9(3.2%)			2.22(0.91-5.41)	0.089
Cohabiting	11(2.8%)	6(2.1%)			1.83(0.62-5.39)	0.301
Educational Level			20.8, 4	<0.0001
Unschooled	154(38.9%)	77(27.4%)			1
Basic	132(33.2%)	72(25.6%)			0.92(0.61-1.36)	0.686
SHS	66(16.6%)	49(17.4%)			0.67(0.42-1.07)	0.098
Tertiary	45(11.3%)	83(29.6%)			0.27(0.17-0.43)	<0.0001
Occupational Status			13.1, 4	0.011
Government employee	153(38.5%)	77(27.4%)			4.16(1.93-8.96)	0.0002
Private employee	201(50.6%)	143(50.9%)			2.94(1.39-6.22)	0.006
Self-employed	32(8.1%)	32(11.4%)			2.09(0.88-4.99)	0.134
Student	0(0.0%)	6(2.0%)			-	-
Unemployed	11(2.8%)	23(8.2%)			1
Duration of Condition(years)			1.8,2	0.411
<5	277(69.8%)	211(75.1%)			1
5 -10	115(29.0%)	64(22.8%)			1.37(0.96-1.95)	0.092
>10	5(1.2%)	6(2.1%)			0.63(0.19-2.11)	0.544
Regular Source Income			10.0,1	0.007
No	267(67.2%)	145(51.6%)			1
Yes	130(32.8%)	136(48.4%)			0.52(0.38-0.71)	<0.0001

X²: Chi-square, df: degree of freedom, aOR: adjusted odds ratio, CI: confidence interval, JHS: junior high school, and SHS: senior high school; p<0.05 is statistically significant;1 reference category.