Table 1.

Sociodemographic, clinical characteristics and self-reported warfarin adherence of patients who had mechanical valve replacement for RHD in Fiji (n=127)

	Sample		Self-ceased warfarin completely
	Agree		No (n=110)		Yes (n=17)
	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)	Mean	(SD)	p Value
Age
At the time of survey	31.23	(13.34)	32.45	(13.21)	23.35	(11.68)	0.008
Time
Since surgery	3.72	(3.95)	3.85	(4.16)	2.85	(1.87)	0.334
	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	p Value
Gender
Female	71	(56)	58	(53)	13	(76)	0.113
Male	56	(44)	52	(47)	4	(24)
Ethnicity
I-taukei	78	(61)	64	(58)	14	(82)	0.065
Fijian of Indian descent or other	49	(39)	46	(42)	3	(18)
RHD prophylaxis
Yes	38	(30)	32	(29)	6	(35)	0.603
No	89	(70)	78	(71)	11	(65)
Valve replaced
Isolated (mitral or aortic)	94	(74)	81	(74)	13	(76)	0.992
Multiple (>1 valve±tricuspid ring)	33	(26)	29	(26)	4	(24)
NYHA at the time of survey
NYHA I	97	(76)	85	(77)	12	(29)	0.546
NYHA II or worse	30	(30)	25	(23)	5	(71)
Education
Did not/have not yet completed high school	97	(76)	84	(76)	13	(76)	0.992
Completed high school	30	(24)	26	(24)	4	(24)
Employment status
Not employed or studying	56	(44)	51	(46)	5	(29)	0.190
Employed or studying	71	(56)	59	(54)	12	(71)
Marital status
Single, separated, divorced, widowed	67	(53)	56	(51)	11	(65)	0.289
Married or cohabitating	60	(47)	54	(49)	6	(35)
Residence
Metropolitan	44	(34)	40	(36)	4	(24)	0.523
Regional	40	(31)	33	(30)	7	(41)
Rural/island	45	(35)	37	(34)	6	(35)
Time taken to get to clinic
1 hour or less	99	(78)	89	(81)	10	(59)	0.058
More than 1 hour	28	(22)	21	(19)	7	(41)

p=0.05.

NYHA, New York Heart Association Functional Classification; RHD, rheumatic heart disease.