Table 7.
Relationship between relevant variables and participants' adherence status
| Variables | Responses, N (%) | |||
| Hypertensive (N = 250) | Type 2 diabetes (N = 200) | |||
| Average monthly income, Naira (US$) |
Adherent | Non-adherent | Adherent | Non-adherent |
| < 10000 (23.8) | 41 (50.6) | 40 (49.4) | 35 (51.5) | 33 (48.5) |
| 10000 – 49000 (23.8 – 116.7) | 49 (62.0) | 30 (38.0) | 43 (65.2) | 23 (34.8) |
| 50000 – 100000 (119.0 – 238.1) | 29 (78.4) | 8 (21.6) | 18 (90.0) | 2 (10.0) |
| > 100000 (238.1) | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | 12 (92.3) | 1 (7.7) |
| No defined/stable income | 18 (41.9) | 25 (58.1) | 16 (48.5) | 17 (51.5) |
| X2 =15.23; p = 0.004a | X2 = 17.76; p = 0.001a | |||
| Health insurance status | ||||
| Yes | 26 (65.0) | 14 (35.0) | 16 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| No | 119 (56.7) | 91 (43.3) | 108 (58.7) | 76 (41.3) |
| X2 = 0.96; p = 0.328 | X2 = 10.66; p = 0.001a | |||
| Medicine affordability | ||||
| Yes | 110 (76.4) | 34 (23.6) | 87 (87.0) | 13 (13.0) |
| No | 35 (33.0) | 71 (67.0) | 37 (37.0) | 63 (63.0) |
| X2 = 47.14; p = 0.000a | X2 = 53.06; p = 0.000a | |||
| Access to family support | ||||
| Yes | 127 (56.4) | 98 (43.6) | 103 (59.2) | 71 (40.8) |
| No | 18 (72.0) | 7 (28.0) | 21 (80.8) | 5 (19.2) |
| X2 = 2.24; p = 0.135 | X2 = 4.47; p = 0.035a | |||
| Access to financial support | ||||
| Yes | 125 (58.4) | 89 (41.6) | 78 (60.5) | 51 (39.5) |
| No | 20 (55.6) | 16 (44.4) | 46 (64.8) | 25 (35.2) |
| X2 = 0.10; p = 0.748 | X2 = 0.36; p = 0.547 | |||
a
Significant difference with Chi-square (X2), Level of significance p < 0.05, N = number, US$ = United States Dollar