Table 5.

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients of analyzed sociodemographic and clinical variables with the level of adherence

Determinant (variable)	Rho	P-value	Beta	P-value
Age, years	−0.084	0.150
Sex	−0.068	0.242
Duration of a disease	0.006	0.919
Marital status (married/in a relation)	0.132	0.023	0.269	0.205
Higher education	0.052	0.371
Professional activity	0.009	0.881
Living alone	−0.117	0.044	−0.292	0.270
Severity of hypertension	0.093	0.110
Diabetes mellitus	0.008	0.891
Ischemic heart disease	−0.076	0.190
Renal insufficiency	0.012	0.856
Knowledge about complications of untreated hypertension	0.116	0.047	0.395	0.045
Knowledge about drug side effects	0.033	0.574
Treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors	0.003	0.956
Treatment with β-blockers	−0.072	0.217
Treatment with angiotensin II receptor antagonist	0.120	0.039	0.649	0.123
Treatment with thiazide-like diuretics	−0.075	0.197
Treatment with calcium antagonists	0.063	0.280
Monotherapy	−0.092	0.115
Death of a loved one during the past year	−0.138	0.018	0.014	0.963
Serious illness during the past year	−0.117	0.044	−0.075	0.751
Serious illness in a loved one during the past year	−0.178	0.002	−0.154	0.573
Divorce or ending of an important intimate relationship during the past year	−0.140	0.016	0.082	0.873
Traffic accident during the past year	−0.120	0.038	−0.281	0.557
Satisfaction with the home living environment	0.169	0.004	0.897	0.007

Notes: Data in bold indicates statistical significance (P<0.05).

Abbreviations: Rho, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients; Beta, regression coefficient; P, significance level.