Nonadherence to Self-Care Practices, Antihypertensive Medications, and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Patients in a Follow-up Clinic at Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 8

Bivariable and multivariable analysis of factors associated with nonadherence to antihypertensive medications among hypertensive patients in a follow-up clinic at Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, Asella Town, Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 115).

Variables	Categories	Medications		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
		Adherence	Nonadherence
Gender	Male	43 (76.8%)	13 (23.2%)	2.67 (0.94,7.61)	2.09 (1.93,9.59)	0.035
	Female	53 (89.8%)	6 (10.2%)	1	1
Age in years	≤45	35 (81.4%)	8 (18.6%)	1.27 (0.47,3.45)	1.55 (0.45,5.29)	0.487
	>45	61 (84.7%)	11 (15.3%)	1	1
Marital status	Unmarried	52 (91.2%)	5 (8.8%)	1	1
	Married	44 (75.9%)	14 (24.1%)	3.31 (1.11,9.91)	4.22 (1.29,13.76)	0.017
Educational status	No formal education	30 (83.3%)	6 (16.7%)	1.02 (0.35,2.93)	0.95 (0.27,3.36)	0.936
	Formal education	66 (83.5%)	13 (16.5%)	1	1
Occupation	Unemployed	44 (80%)	11 (20%)	1.63 (0.60,4.39)	2.03 (0.54,7.66)	0.296
	Employed	52 (86.7%)	8 (13.3%)	1	1
Average monthly income	≤2500 ETB	59 (80.8%)	14 (19.2%)	1.76 (0.58,5.28)	1.58 (1.09,7.08)	0.041
	>2500 ETB	37 (88.1%)	5 (11.9%)	1	1
Duration since diagnosis	≤5 years	63 (84%)	12 (16%)	0.89 (0.32,2.49)	0.84 (0.27,2.66)	0.769
	>5 years	33 (82.5%)	7 (17.5%)	1	1
Presence of comorbidities	Yes	16 (69.6%)	7 (30.4%)	2.92 (0.99,8.55)	2.76 (0.83,9.15)	0.097
	No	80 (87%)	12 (13%)	1	1