Research Article
Self-Assessment of Adherence to Medication: A Case Study in Campania Region Community-Dwelling Population
Table 1
Univariate association between low adherence on the Morisky scale and patient-reported factors.
| | Low adherence | Medium adherence | Total | value | | (59.9%) | (40.1%) | (100.0%) |
| Age group | | | | 0.58 | Mean (±SD) | 62.0 (11.4) | 61.7 (10.8) | 61.8 (11.1) | | 18–60 | 75 (58.1) | 54 (41.9) | 129 (100.0) | | ≥60 | 112 (61.2) | 71 (38.8) | 183 (100.0) | | Gender | | | | 0.03 | Male | 89 (66.9) | 44 (33.1) | 133 (100.0) | | Female | 98 (54.7) | 81 (45.3) | 179 (100.0) | | Educational level | | | | 0.01 | Primary school graduation | 34 (68.0) | 16 (32.0) | 50 (100.0) | | Secondary school graduation | 65 (69.9) | 28 (30.1) | 93 (100.0) | | High school graduation | 55 (50.0) | 55 (50.0) | 110 (100.0) | | Degree graduation | 33 (55.9) | 26 (44.1) | 59 (100.0) | | Number of medications | | | | 0.62 | Mean (±SD) | 2.33 (1.6) | 2.15 (1.5) | 2.26 (1.58) | | 1 | 77 (56.6) | 59 (43.4) | 136 (100.0) | | 2-3 | 71 (60.7) | 46 (39.3) | 117 (100.0) | | 4-5 | 21 (67.7) | 10 (32.3) | 31 (100.0) | | ≥6 | 18 (64.3) | 10 (35.7) | 28 (100.0) | | Smoking | | | | 0.03 | No | 136 (56.7) | 104 (43.3) | 240 (100.0) | | Yes | 51 (70.8) | 21 (29.2) | 72 (100.0) | | Number of diseases | | | | 0.08 | Mean (±SD) | 1.58 (0.87) | 1.46 (0.64) | 1.53 (0.78) | | 1 | 111 (59.4) | 76 (40.6) | 187 (100.0) | | 2 | 52 (55.9) | 41 (44.1) | 93 (100.0) | | ≥3 | 24 (75) | 8 (25) | 32 (100.0) | | Heart failure | | | | 0.58 | No | 171 (60.4) | 112 (39.6) | 283 (100.0) | | Yes | 16 (55.2) | 13 (44.8) | 29 (100.0) | | COPD | | | | 0.35 | No | 183 (59.6) | 124 (40.4) | 307 (100.0) | | Yes | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | 5 (100.0) | | Gastritis | | | | 0.42 | No | 172 (59.3) | 118 (40.7) | 290 (100.0) | | Yes | 15 (68.2) | 7 (31.8) | 22 (100.0) | | Renal failure | | | | 0.68 | No | 185 (60.1) | 123 (39.9) | 308 (100.0) | | Yes | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 4 (100.0) | | Osteoporosis | | | | 0.15 | No | 168 (58.7) | 118 (41.3) | 286 (100.0) | | Yes | 19 (73.1) | 7 (26.9) | 26 (100.0) | | Diabetes mellitus | | | | 0.51 | No | 163 (59.3) | 112 (40.7) | 275 (100.0) | | Yes | 24 (64.9) | 13 (35.1) | 37 (100.0) | | Hypertension | | | | 0.76 | No | 87 (60.8) | 56 (39.2) | 143 (100.0) | | Yes | 100 (59.2) | 69 (40.8) | 169 (100.0) | |
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