Table 3.

Associations between psychological attributes and adherence (n = 518 – 1015)

	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Psychological attributes	N	Partial adherence vs. total adherence	Total non adherence vs. total adherence
Model 1
Sense of coherence	550	1.01 (0.81–1.25)	0.62 (0.36–1.05)*
Pessimism	543	1.09 (0.81–1.47)	1.06 (0.51–2.02)
Optimism	549	0.88 (0.66–1.19)	0.79 (0.38–1.65)
Hostility	1015	1.07 (0.96–1.19)	0.97 (0.74–1.27)
Anxiety	1000	1.19 (0.94–1.51)	0.99 (0.54–1.81)
Model 2	535
Sense of coherence		0.98 (0.79–1.23)	0.58 (0.33–1.00)†
Model 3	518
Sense of coherence		0.97 (0.77–1.22)	0.54 (0.31–0.95)†
Model 4	518
Sense of coherence		0.97 (0.77–1.23)	0.55 (0.31–0.96)†

^*p<0.10,

^†p≤0.05

Model 1: OR per 1unit increase in standardised psychological attribute score adjusted for age and sex

Model 2: model 1 adjusted for smoking, BMI.

Model 3: model 2 adjusted for self-reported medical diagnostic of physical co-morbidity (Osteoarthritis, Migraine, and Diabetes)

Model 4: model 3 adjusted for the time lag between the hypertension diagnostic and psychological attributes assessment