Adherence to Antihypertensive Treatment and Associated Factors in Central Ethiopia

Table 7

Effect of selected variable and other characteristics on adherence to antihypertensive treatment in Central Ethiopia, 2017.

Variable	Treatment adherence			COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
	Low	Medium	High
Sex
Male	166	144	158	1	1
Female	153	170	198	1.26 (0.99, 1.58)	1.21 (0.94, 1.55)	0.133
Educational status
Illiterate	98	113	131	1.57 (1.10, 2.24)	1.39 (0.94, 2.06)	0.103
Read and write	52	42	148	1.31 (0.86, 1.99)	1.30 (0.83, 2.03)	0.245
Primary	55	56	177	1.46 (0.97, 2.18)	1.28 (0.83, 1.95)	0.261
Secondary	54	57	172	1.39 (0.93, 2.08)	1.26 (0.82, 1.92)	0.290
Diploma and above	60	46	150	1	1
Occupation
Gov. employed	46	38	70	1	1
Self-employed	44	44	63	0.92 (0.60, 1.40)	0.86 (0.56, 1.32)	0.481
Farmer	54	41	34	0.49 (0.32, 0.76)	0.51 (0.33, 0.79)	0.003
House wife	108	108	109	0.69 (0.49, 0.99)	0.71 (0.49, 1.02)	0.068
Retired	67	83	80	0.78 (0.53, 1.14)	0.70 (0.48, 1.05)	0.084
Frequency of visit
Once in a month	159	180	212	1	1
>Once in month	27	25	30	1.74 (1.03, 1.76)	1.04 (0.67, 1.61)	0.856
Once in 2 months	42	17	33	1.17 (0.75, 1.86)	0.73 (0.47, 1.14)	0.164
Once in 3 months or more	91	92	81	0.85 (0.54, 1.34)	0.92 (0.69, 1.22)	0.565
Family support
Yes	235	252	295	1.52 (1.14, 2.02)	1.65 (1.23, 2.22)	0.001
No	84	62	61	1	1
Treatment control
Lower	141	148	133	1	1
Higher	178	166	233	0.81 (0.63, 1.02)	0.86 (0.67, 1.11)	0.246
Perceived consequence
Lower	162	156	142	1	1
Higher	157	158	214	1.18 (1.17, 1.88)	1.51 (1.17, 1.95)	0.001
Cyclical perception
Lower	162	173	209	1	1
Higher	157	141	147	0.77 (0.61, 0.98)	0.76 (0.58, 0.95)	0.019
Perceived susceptibility
Lower	172	165	251	1	1
Higher	147	149	105	0.59 (0.46, 074)	0.61 (0.48, 0.78)	0.0001
Perceived severity
Lower	138	105	96	1	1
Higher	181	209	260	1.73 (1.36, 2.21)	1.42 (1.09, 1.86)	0.010
Perceived benefit
Low	76	78	72	1	1
High	243	236	284	1.17 (0.89, 1.54)	1.09 (0.82, 1.46)	0.547
Cues to action
Low	171	184	208	1	1
High	148	130	148	0.86 (0.69, 1.09)	0.89 (0.69, 1.115)	0.373