Table 5.

Independent predictors of good compliance to antihypertensive medication

Factor	Adjusted odds ratio	95% Confidence interval	p value
Knowledge of hypertension	0.694	0.113–4.252	0.693
Medication-related factors
Belief in drug efficacy	5.497	0.240–126.045	0.286
Medication cost	0.745	0.174–3.187	0.692
Drug availability	–	–	0.998
Side effects	0.321	0.039–2.632	0.290
Patient attitude/factors
Forgetfulness	0.011	0.002–0.063	<0.001*
Clinic attendance	2.842	0.611–13.216	0.183
Traditional medicine	1.376	0.185–10.226	0.755
Lack of motivation due to incurable nature of disease	0.068	0.017–0.274	<0.001*
Asymptomatic nature of disease	0.019	0.02–0.231	0.020*
Health care provider factor
Condition explanation	3.221	0.574–18.089	0.184

* Statistically significant