Qualitative Study of Barriers to Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication among Rural Women in India

Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors.

Variables (n=30)	Prevalence ()
Age	56.5+8.9 (range 25-69)
Educational status
Illiterate/primary	21(70.0)
Secondary	9 (30.0)
Occupation
Housewife	22 (73.3)
Manual labor	6 (20.0)
Others	2 (6.7)
Income (Indian rupees INR) (1 Euro=80 INR)
<15,000 per year	14 (46.7)
16,000-30,000 per year	10 (33.3)
>30,000 per year	6 (20.0)
Smoking/tobacco use	5 (16.7)
Physical activity patterns
Physical inactivity	16 (53.3)
Leisure-time physical activity	4 (13.3)
Attempts at lifestyle change advised/modified
Smoking/tobacco use	5/4 (80.0)
Physical inactivity	29/16 (55.1)
Weight reduction	6/21 (28.6)
Dietary salt control	30/4 (13.3)
Greater fruit/vegetable intake	30/5 (16.7)
Reduction of fried foods	29/26 (89.6)
Reduction of sugar sweetened beverages	28/20 (71.4)