Table 4.
Factors affecting compliance and their significance
| Factors | Compliant (%) | Partially compliant (%) | Poorly compliant (%) | P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | ||||
| Kuwaiti | 36 (50.7) | 21 (29.6) | 14 (19.7) | 0.038 |
| Non-Kuwaiti | 36 (73.5) | 9 (18.4) | 4 (8.1) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 67 (67.7) | 21 (21.2) | 11 (11.1) | 0.001 |
| Female | 5 (23.8) | 9 (42.9) | 7 (33.3) | |
| Follow up after Transplant | ||||
| Less than 3 yearsa | 21 (72.4) | 3 (10.4) | 5 (17.2) | 0.004 |
| 3–8 yearsb | 18 (85.7) | 1 (4.7) | 2 (9.6) | |
| More than 8 yearsa,b | 33 (47.1) | 26 (37.1) | 11 (15.8) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 51 (66.2) | 18 (23.4) | 8 (10.4) | 0.186 |
| Single | 19 (54.2) | 8 (22.9) | 8 (22.9) | |
| Divorced | 2 (40) | 2 (40) | 1 (20) | |
| Widowed | 0 (0) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | |
| Education level | ||||
| Ignoranta | 1 (20) | 3 (60) | 1 (20) | 0.69 |
| Can Read and write | 14 (60.9) | 5 (21.7) | 4 (17.4) | |
| High school graduateb | 29 (55.8) | 11 (21.1) | 12 (23.1) | |
| University Graduatea,b | 28 (70) | 11 (27.5) | 1 (2.5) | |
| Occupation | ||||
| No work | 31 (52.5) | 17 (28.8) | 11 (18.7) | 0.234 |
| Commercial | 19 (82.6) | 3 (13) | 1 (4.4) | |
| Administrative | 16 (51.6) | 10 (32.3) | 5 (16.1) | |
| Professional | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Manual work | 4 (80) | 0 (0) | 1 (20) | |
| Income | ||||
| Sufficient | 51 (58) | 22 (25) | 15 (17) | 0.804 |
| Not sufficient | 9 (60) | 4 (26.7) | 2 (13.3) | |
| More than enough | 12 (70.6) | 4 (23.5) | 1 (5.9) | |
| Dialysis Duration | ||||
| Less than 1 year | 46 (53.5) | 24 (27.9) | 16 (18.6) | 0.092 |
| More than 1 year | 20 (74.1) | 6 (22.2) | 1 (3.7) | |
| Donor source | ||||
| Living, Unrelated | 47 (55.3) | 21 (24.7) | 17 (20) | 0.04 |
| Living, related | 26 (74.3) | 8 (22.8) | 1 (2.9) | |
| Age | ||||
| Less than 40 | 30 (54.5) | 12 (21.9) | 13 (23.6) | 0.047 |
| 40 or more | 45 (69.2) | 15 (23.1) | 5 (7.7) |
Notes: aShared superscripts are significant. bShared superscripts are significant.