Table 2. The association between social support and good treatment compliance in hypertension.
| Good compliance | ||||
| Variable | Response | n (%) | χ2 | p |
| Has a family member with hypertension | Yes | 36 (49.3) | 6.233 | 0.044* |
| No | 206 (61.7) | |||
| Don’t know | 15 (45.5) | |||
| Has a family member who has serious health problems from hypertension | Yes | 12 (36.4) | 9.064 | 0.011* |
| No | 230 (61.2) | |||
| Don’t know | 15 (48.4) | |||
| Family members concerned about respondents hypertension | Not very | 10 (47.6) | 4.128 | 0.248 |
| Don’t know | 43 (50.6) | |||
| Very | 201 (61.1) | |||
| Extremely | 3 (60.0) | |||
| Family members helpful in reminding about medication | Not very | 12 (54.6) | 5.132 | 0.162 |
| Don’t know | 43 (48.3) | |||
| Very | 198 (61.5) | |||
| Extremely | 4 (57.1) | |||
| Friends concerned about respondent’s hypertension | Not very | 95 (49.0) | 35.700 | < 0.0001* |
| Don’t know | 59 (50.9) | |||
| Very | 102 (80.3) | |||
| Extremely | 1 (33.3) | |||
| Friends helpful in reminding about medication | Not very | 96 (49.2) | 41.738 | < 0.0001* |
| Don’t know | 40 (44.0) | |||
| Very | 119 (79.3) | |||
| Extremely | 2 (50.0) | |||
*p < 0.05.