Table 2.
Correlation of medication adherence (Morisky score) with depression, beliefs about medication, knowledge of hypertension, or income by site and in the pooled data.
| Parameter | Korle Bu | Port Harcourt | Lagos | Ibadan | Pooled | |||||
| r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | |
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| Depression | −0.230 | 0.012 | 0.051 | 0.667 | −0.043 | 0.705 | −0.035 | 0.749 | −0.203 | 0.000 |
| (PHQ-9) | ||||||||||
| BMQ-necessity | 0.142 | 0.124 | −0.079 | 0.507 | 0.091 | 0.433 | 0.002 | 0.984 | −0.087 | 0.103 |
| BMQ-concern | −0.148 | 0.111 | −0.286 | 0.014 | −0.014 | 0.905 | −0.336 | 0.002 | −0.355 | 0.000 |
| BMQ-necessity-concern | 0.215 | 0.020 | 0.174 | 0.141 | 0.079 | 0.505 | 0.210 | 0.060 | 0.337 | 0.000 |
| Hypertension knowledge scale | 0.024 | 0.797 | 0.212 | 0.071 | 0.019 | 0.865 | −0.030 | 0.783 | 0.144 | 0.006 |
| Income | 0.139 | 0.143 | −0.057 | 0.634 | −0.200 | 0.081 | 0.099 | 0.419 | −0.067 | 0.226 |
BMQ-concern: beliefs about medication concern score; BMQ-necessity: beliefs about medication necessity score; BMQ-necessity-concern: beliefs about medication necessity-concern score; P = P value; r = Pearson's correlation coefficient.