Patterns of Prescription of Psychotropic Medications and Their Adherence among Patients with Schizophrenia in Two Psychiatric Hospitals in Accra, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Table 9

Relationship between demographic characteristics and adherence to psychotropic medications.

Variables	Medical adherence		value
	Poor	High
Sex of respondent
Male	133 (62.1)	1 (25.0)	0.063
Female	81 (37.9)	3 (75.0)
Age of respondent			2.968
18–39	114 (54.3)	2 (50.0)
40–59	79 (37.6)	2 (50.0)
60 and above	17 (8.1)	0 (0.0)
Marital status
Married	62 (29)	0 (0.0)	1.619
Not married	152 (71.0)	4 (100.0)
Educational level
No education	4 (1.9)	0 (0.0)	1.236
Low education	55 (25.7)	2 (50.0)
High education	155 (72.4)	2 (50.0)
Occupation
No occupation	93 (43.5)	2 (50.0)	0.068
Working	121 (56.5)	2 (50.0)
Religion
Atheist	12 (5.6)	1 (33.3)	0.51
Christian	180 (84.1)	2 (66.7)
Muslim	15 (7.0)	0 (0.0)
Traditionalist	3 (1.4)	0 (0.0)
Patient status			1.217
Inpatients	113 (52.8)	1 (25.0)
Outpatients	101 (47.2)	3 (75.0)

is significant.