Table 3.
Compliance to therapy, according to different factors
| Variables | Compliant | Non-compliant | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Gender | Female | 12 | 71 | 5 | 29 | 0.05 |
| Male | 1 | 17 | 5 | 83 | ||
| Age (years) | 25-64 | 9 | 53 | 7 | 47 | >0.05 |
| ≥65 | 4 | 57 | 3 | 43 | ||
| Educational level: | No qualifications (illiterate) | 3 | 60 | 2 | 40 | >0.05 |
| ≥ Primary school | 10 | 56 | 8 | 45 | ||
| Benefit from therapy perceived: | Yes | 8 | 57 | 6 | 43 | >0.05 |
| No | 4 | 50 | 4 | 50 | ||
| Experienced adverse effects: | Yes | 7 | 58 | 5 | 42 | >0.05 |
| No | 6 | 55 | 5 | 46 | ||
| Taken medication before: | Yes | 2 | 67 | 1 | 33 | >0.05 |
| No | 11 | 55 | 9 | 45 | ||
| Concurrent medication: | No (n=0) Yes | 3 | 38 | 5 | 63 | 0.05 |
| (n ≥ 1) | 9 | 69 | 4 | 31 | ||
| Agreement in hour of taking: | Yes | 8 | 73 | 3 | 27 | 0.05 |
| No | 5 | 42 | 7 | 58 | ||