Table 2.

Self-stigma, adherence, and discontinuation of medication in the entire sample in relation to sex, education, and partnership status

	Level of self-stigma (mean ± SD)	Statistics – group comparison	Adherence to treatment (mean ± SD)	Statistics – group comparison	Frequency of discontinued medication in the past	Statistics – group comparison
Sex		Unpaired t-test:		Mann–Whitney		Fisher’s exact test:
Male	60.01±14.45	t=1.210	4.241±4.420	U=10,300; NS	39.13%	NS
Female	62.12±14.61	df=275; NS	4.338±4.244		35.67%
Education		One-way ANOVA		One-way ANOVA:
Primary	66.71±15.56	F=2.741	3.543±4.973	F=1.58	45.0%	Chi-square,
Vocational	63.03±12.56	df=276; P<0.05	4.103±4.523	df=287; NS	38.6%	df=1.707, 3; NS
Secondary	59.73±14.37		4.075±4.326		35.9%
Tertiary	58.84±15.76		5.235±3.608		34.2%
Partnership status		Unpaired t-test		Mann–Whitney		Fisher’s exact test:
Without a partner	63.01±14.73	t=2.009	3.664±4.482	U=8,761;	40.0%	NS
With a partner	59.50±14.24	df=275; P<0.05	4.838±4.114	P<0.05	35.0%

Abbreviations: df, degrees of freedom; ANOVA, analysis of variance; NS, not significant; SD, standard deviation.