[Table/Fig-6]:
Factors affecting medication compliance.
| Factor/variable | Compliance level | p-value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Moderate | Good | |||
| Age | 60-70 | 23(12.99) | 56(31.63) | 98(55.36) | <0.05 |
| 71-80 | 21(33.87) | 25(40.32) | 16(25.80) | ||
| >81 | 4(33.33) | 8(66.66) | 0(0.00) | ||
| Gender | Male | 25(16.55) | 50(33.11) | 76(50.33) | 0.141 |
| Female | 23(23.00) | 39(39.00) | 38(38.00) | ||
| Educational status | Illiterate | 21(33.33) | 22(34.92) | 20(31.74) | 0.002 |
| Pre/Middle/High school | 26(15.75) | 56(33.93) | 83(50.30) | ||
| Diploma/Graduate/PG | 01(4.54) | 11(50) | 10(45.45) | ||
| Professional/Honors | 0(0.0) | 0(0.0) | 1(100) | ||
| Family income | 1000-10000 | 20(18.18) | 36(32.72) | 54(49.09) | 0.737 |
| >10000 | 28(19.85) | 53(37.58) | 60(42.55) | ||
| Family status | Living alone | 20(52.63) | 11(28.94) | 7(18.42) | 0.001 |
| With spouse | 17(13.93) | 36(29.50) | 69(56.55) | ||
| With family | 11(12.08) | 42(46.15) | 38(41.75) | ||
| Functional status | No impairment | 24(12.06) | 69(34.67) | 106(53.26) | 0.001 |
| Impairment of vision | 17(44.73) | 14(36.84) | 7(18.42) | ||
| Hearing impairment | 2(33.33) | 2(33.33) | 2(33.33) | ||
| Memory impairment | 2(50.00) | 2(50.00) | 0(0.00) | ||
| Physical disabilty | 1(25) | 3(75.00) | 0(0.00) | ||
| No of illnesses | Single | 2(2.85) | 20(28.57) | 48(68.57) | 0.001 |
| Multiple | 46(25.41) | 69(38.12) | 66(36.46) | ||
| No of medications | Upto 3 | 16(9.30) | 58(33.72) | 98(56.97) | 0.001 |
| >3 | 32(40.50) | 31(39.24) | 16(20.25) | ||
| Awareness about the diseases | Yes | 38(15.96) | 86(36.13) | 114(47.89) | 0.001 |
| No | 10(76.93) | 3(23.07) | 0(0.00) | ||
| Side effects | Yes | 17(36.95) | 18(39.13) | 11(23.91) | <0.005 |
| No | 31(15.12) | 71(34.63) | 103(50.24) | ||
*Evaluated by Chi -square test and multinomial logistic regression.