Table 2.
Patient characteristics
| Characteristics (N = 439) | |
|---|---|
| Mean Age (± SD) | 57.69 (12.1) |
| Range: 25 – 98 years | |
| Female: n (%) | 300 (68) |
| Marital Status: n (%) | |
| Single | 118 (26) |
| Married | 111 (25) |
| Divorced/Separated | 141 (32) |
| Widowed | 68 (16) |
| Education: n (%) | |
| Elementary | 166 (38) |
| High School | 151 (34) |
| Some College | 121 (27) |
| Unemployed: n (%) | 290 (66) |
| Income (%) | |
| ≤$20,000 | 323 (74) |
| Insurance Status: n (%) | |
| None | 62 (14) |
| Private | 56 (13) |
| Medicare | 109 (25) |
| Medicaid | 203 (47) |
| Comorbidity: n (%) | |
| 0 | 77 (18) |
| 1 | 114 (26) |
| 2 | 99 (23) |
| 3 or more | 149 (34) |
| Comorbity: n (%) | |
| CHF | 53 (12) |
| Stroke | 34 (8) |
| MI | 31 (7) |
| Diabetes | 132 (31) |
| Mean Blood Pressure | |
| SBP (± SD) | 151.27 (18.06) |
| Range: 114 – 211mm Hg | |
| DBP (± SD) | 90.94 (11.78) |
| Range: 67 – 141 mm Hg | |
| Mean N of antihypertensive meds (± SD) | 2.13 (0.97) |
| Range: 1 - 4 | |
| Patient Measures | |
| Mean adherence score (± SD)a | 2.95 (1.20) |
| Non-adherent: n (%) | 243 (55) |
| Non-collaborative communication: n (%) | 191 (51) |
| Mean PHQ-9 score (± SD) | 4.39 (4.38) |
| Range: 0 - 35 | |
| Mean REALM score (± SD) | 57.09 (12.17) |
| Range: 0-66 | |
a
Higher scores are indicative of better adherence.