Personality Traits, Clinical Characteristics, and Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients with Hypertension in a Primary Hospital in Ghana

Table 2

Characteristics of patients (n=331).

Characteristics	Number	Percentage
Gender
Male	60	18.1
Female	271	81.9
Age Ranges (years)
	2	0.6
20 – 29	2	0.6
30 - 39	10	3.0
40 - 49	45	13.6
50 – 59	90	27.2
	182	55.0
Marital status
Single	16	4.8
Married	172	52.0
Widowed	100	30.2
Divorced	43	13.0
Level of education
None	84	25.4
Primary	21	6.4
Secondary	206	62.2
Postsecondary	15	4.5
Tertiary	5	1.5
Employment status
Unemployed	194	58.6
Employed	115	34.7
Retired	22	6.7
Monthly income ($)
	212	64.0
26-125	78	23.6
126-250	37	11.2
251-500	3	0.9
	1	0.3
Period since diagnosed (years)
	49	14.8
1–10	188	56.8
11–20	67	20.2
21–40	21	6.3
	6	1.8
Presence of Comorbidity
Yes	175	52.9
No	156	47.1
Medication adherence
High	156	47.1
Poor	175	52.9

Number of medications taken per patient, Mean (±S.D) = 2.14 (0.79)