Table 3.

The five dimensions of factors affecting adherence.

Dimensions	Factors presented in the articles
Social and economic factors	Age (Lee et al., 2013; Kang et al., 2015), sex (Jankowska-Polańska et al., 2016), education (Jankowska-Polańska et al., 2017), occupation (Lee et al., 2013; Kang et al., 2015), place of residence (Teshome et al., 2017), concern about medical cost (Holt et al., 2013), payment mode (Okello et al., 2016)
Healthcare team and system-related factors	Availability of professional guidance (Holt et al., 2013)
Condition-related factors	Comorbidity (Arshad, 2015), blood pressure level control (Jankowska-Polańska et al., 2017), duration of hypertension (Lee et al., 2013; Jankowska-Polańska et al., 2017)
Therapy-related factors	Number of drugs taken currently (Jankowska-Polańska et al., 2017; Teshome et al., 2017)
Patient-related factors	Knowledge (Teshome et al., 2017), attitude (Holt et al., 2013), self-perceived health status (Kang et al., 2015), self-perception of aging (Hou et al., 2016)