Research Article
Adherence to Typical Antipsychotics among Patients with Schizophrenia in Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Social demographic characteristics of patients with schizophrenia on typical antipsychotics.
| | Variable | (%) | Adherence, 113 (83.7) | Nonadherence, 22 (16.3) | value |
| | Age (mean, SD) | 39.7 (11.9) | 39.9 (±11.4) | 38.9 (±14.6) | 0.727 | | Sex | | | | | | Male | 60 (44.4) | 53 (84.1) | 10 (15.9) | 0.901 | | Female | 75 (55.6) | 60 (83.3) | 12 (16.7) | | Marital status | | | | | | Single | 37 (27.4) | 31 (83.8) | 6 (16.2) | 0.900 | | Married/cohabiting | 50 (37.0) | 41 (82.0) | 9 (18.0) | | Separated/divorced | 48 (35.6) | 41 (85.4) | 7 (14.6) | | Level of education | | | | | | None | 7 (5.2) | 7 (100) | 0 | 0.042 | | Primary | 49 (36.3) | 39 (79.6) | 10 (20.4) | | Secondary | 46 (34.1) | 35 (76.1) | 11 (23.9) | | Tertiary | 33 (24.4) | 32 (97.0) | 1 (3.0) | | Area residence | | | | | | Rural | 78 (57.8) | 65 (83.3) | 13 (16.7) | 0.892 | | Urban | 57 (42.2) | 48 (84.2) | 9 (15.8) | | Poverty line | | | | | | Above | 74 (54.8) | 65 (87.8) | 9 (12.2) | 0.152 | | Below | 61 (45.2) | 48 (78.7) | 13 (21.3) | | Substance use | | | | | | No | 102 (75.6) | 84 (82.3) | 18 (17.7) | 0.455 | | Yes | 33 (24.4) | 29 (87.9) | 4 (12.1) | | Distance from the hospital in kilometers (mean, SD) | | | | | | Presence of a comorbidity | 22.5 (±23.4) | 21.0 (±22.2) | 29.9 (±28.1) | 0.103 | | No | 97 (78.9) | 83 (84.6) | 14 (14.4) | 0.289 | | Yes | 26 (21.1) | 20 (76.9) | 6 (23.1) |
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