Table 1.
Patients’ demographic and characteristics
| Description | Total n (%)/mean (±SD) (n = 25) |
n/mean (±SD/%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subsidised (n = 13) | Self-paying (n = 12) |
||
| Age | 52.84 (11.26) | 50.62 (12.63) | 55.91 (7.98) |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 11 (44) | 6 | 5 |
| Female | 14 (56) | 7 | 7 |
| Monthly income | |||
| < RM1000 | 5 (20) | 1 | 4 |
| RM1001–RM3000 | 9 (36) | 8 | 1 |
| > RM3001 | 11 (44) | 4 | 7 |
| Highest educational level | |||
| Primary school | 6 (24) | 5 | 1 |
| Secondary school | 6 (24) | 4 | 2 |
| College/university | 13 (52) | 4 | 9 |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 1 (4) | 1 | 0 |
| Married | 24 (96) | 12 | 12 |
| Medication adherence statusa | |||
| Adherence | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| Non-adherence | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| Attended medication counselling | |||
| Yes | 12 (48) | 5 | 7 |
| No | 13 (52) | 8 | 5 |
| Number of health problems | 3.04 (±0.68) | 3 (0.68) | 2.75 (0.6) |
| Number of medications | 5.52 (±1.87) | 6.15 (1.96) | 4.67 (1.43) |
aMeasured using Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS)