Table 3.

Factors associated with low adherence among patients attending noncommunicable disease clinic in a primary healthcare center in rural Puducherry (n=260)

Characteristics	n	Low adherence, n (%)	Unadjusted PR (95% CI)	Adjusted PR (95% CI)	P
Age category
<60 years	149	30 (20.1)	1.00 (Ref)	1.00 (Ref)	-
≥60 years	111	55 (49.5)	2.46 (1.69-3.56)	2.51 (1.70-3.70)	<0.001*
Gender
Male	88	21 (23.9)	1.00 (Ref)	1.00 (Ref)
Female	172	64 (37.2)	1.55 (1.02-2.37)	1.64 (1.04-2.58)	0.03*
Education
No formal education	113	44 (38.9)	1.00 (Ref)	-	-
1-10	126	37 (29.4)	0.75 (0.52-1.07)	0.85 (0.61-1.18)	0.12
>10	21	4 (19.0)	0.48 (0.19-1.21)	0.72 (0.28-1.88)	0.12
Occupation
Employed	78	16 (20.5)	1.00 (Ref)	1.00 (Ref)	-
Unemployed	182	69 (37.9)	1.84 (1.14-2.97)	1.07 (0.62-1.84)	0.27
Family type
Nuclear	147	50 (34.0)	1.00 (Ref)	-	-
Joint	67	21 (31.3)	0.92 (0.60-1.40)	-	0.70
Three-generation	46	14 (30.4)	0.89 (0.54-1.46)	-	0.65

*P value < 0.05. PR: Prevalence ratio; CI: Confidence interval