Table 4. Domain 3: Knowledge of medication.
Knowledge of medication | |||||||
Variable | No (N (%)) | Yes (N (%)) | Total (N (%)) | Χ2 | p-value | ||
Number of hospitalizations | |||||||
0 | 58 (56.3%) | 45 (43.7%) | 103 (100.0%) | 9.791 | 0.018* | ||
1 | 12 (32.4%) | 25 (67.6%) | 37 (100.0%) | ||||
2 | 2 (20.0%) | 8 (80.0%) | 10 (100.0%) | ||||
3 or >3 | 3 (37.5%) | 5 (62.5%) | 8 (100.0%) | ||||
Total | 75 (47.5%) | 83 (52.5%) | 158 (100.0%) | ||||
Supervising medications | |||||||
Yes | 40 (40.0%) | 60 (60.0%) | 100 (100.0%) | 6.093 | 0.014* | ||
No | 35 (60.3%) | 23 (39.7%) | 58 (100.0%) | ||||
Total | 75 (47.5%) | 83 (52.5%) | 158 (100.0%) | ||||
Variable | Mean | SD | z | p-value | |||
Patient age | |||||||
Knowledge of medication | |||||||
No | 30.64 | 7.72 | −2.524 | 0.012* | |||
Yes | 34.53 | 9.42 | |||||
Caregiver age | |||||||
Knowledge of medication | |||||||
No | 41.60 | 15.47 | −2.921 | 0.003** | |||
Yes | 49.12 | 15.62 | |||||
Total duration of illness | |||||||
Knowledge of medication | |||||||
No | 7.62 | 4.94 | −3.504 | <0.001*** | |||
Yes | 11.10 | 6.90 | |||||
Total duration of treatment | |||||||
Knowledge of medication | |||||||
No | 6.23 | 4.58 | −3.316 | 0.001** | |||
Yes | 9.31 | 6.46 | |||||
Duration of the caregiving role | |||||||
Knowledge of medication | |||||||
No | 6.62 | 4.85 | −2.131 | 0.033* | |||
Yes | 8.71 | 6.24 | |||||
Denial/blame coping | |||||||
Knowledge of medication | |||||||
No | 0.44 | 0.58 | −1.974 | 0.048* | |||
Yes | 0.32 | 0.21 |