Research Article
Predictors of Noncompliance to Antihypertensive Therapy among Hypertensive Patients Ghana: Application of Health Belief Model
Table 5
Association of lifestyle-related factors with treatment noncompliance.
| | Variables | Non-compliance | Compliance | P-value |
| | Health complaint other than HTN | | | 0.069 | | Yes | 290(73.0%) | 223(79.3%) | | | No | 107(27.0%) | 58(20.7%) | | | Number of Medicine taken | | | 0.002 | | 1 | 38(9.6%) | 8(2.9%) | | | 2 | 226(56.9%) | 177(63.0%) | | | 3 | 115(29.0%) | 90(32.0%) | | | ≥4 | 18(4.5%) | 6(2.1%) | | | History of smoking | | | <0.0001 | | No | 344(86.6%) | 279(99.3%) | | | Yes | 53(13.4%) | 2(0.7%) | | | History of alcohol consumption | | | <0.0001 | | No | 269(67.8%) | 257(91.4%) | | | Yes | 128(32.2%) | 24(8.6%) | |
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P<0.05 is statistically significant.
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