Table 7.

Association between compliance and various factors

Factors	*Pearson chi-square value	df	P-value
Age	0.536	2	0.765
Gender	10.499	1	0.001
Place of residence	3.679	1	0.055
Family status	6.074	3	0.108
Education level	4.413	3	0.220
Work status	10.856	4	0.028
Monthly income	0.712	4	0.950
Presence of maids	0.007	1	0.935
BMI	5.974	3	0.113
SBP and DBP diastolic blood pressure when last checked	4.540	2	0.103
BP control	3.535	2	0.171
Responsibility for ensuring balanced blood pressure	2.008	2	0.366
Lifestyle and self-management counseling score	9.143	1	0.002
Knowledge about hypertension score	8.129	1	0.004
Beliefs about hypertension score	18.228	1	0.000

Note: *Pearson chi-square test, p<0.05.