Table 2.
Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and medication adherence
| Variables | Adherence Status | ||||
| Good Adherent (%) |
Poor Adherent (%) |
X2 | P-Value | ||
| Gender | Male | 85(54.8) | 70(45.2) | ||
| Female | 172(64.9) | 93(35.1) | 3.760 | 0.052 | |
| Age group (years) | 36 – 45 | 29(67.4) | 14(32.6) | ||
| 46 – 55 | 63(59.4) | 43(40.6) | |||
| 56 – 65 | 80(65.0) | 43(35.0) | 9.324 | 0.053 | |
| 66 – 75 | 73(62.9) | 43(37.1) | |||
| 76+ | 12(37.5) | 20(62.5) | |||
| Social Class | Class I | 13(56.5) | 10 (43.5) | ||
| Class II | 80(60.2) | 53(39.8) | |||
| Class III | 61(74.4) | 21(25.6) | 11.987 | 0.017* | |
| Class IV | 98(55.4) | 79(44.6) | |||
| Class V | 5(100.0) | 0(0.0) | |||
| Educational level | None | 65(59.6) | 44(40.4) | ||
| Primary | 47(52.2) | 43(47.8) | |||
| Secondary | 43(72.9) | 16(27.1) | 6.957 | 0.138 | |
| Tertiary | 86(63.7) | 49(36.3) | |||
| Postgraduate | 16(59.3) | 11(40.7) | |||
| Ethnicity | Yoruba | 254(61.5) | 159(38.5) | ||
| Ibo | 3(42.9) | 4(57.1) | 0.375 | 0.540* | |
| Religion | Christianity | 233(61.5) | 146(38.5) | ||
| Islam | 24(63.2) | 14(36.8) | 4.805 | 0.090* | |
| Traditional | 0(0.0) | 3(100.0) | |||
| Domicile | Urban Ekiti | 104(59.8) | 70(40.2) | ||
| Rural Ekiti | 139(60.4) | 91(39.6) | 4.867 | 0.088* | |
| Outside Ekiti | 14(87.5) | 2(12.5) | |||
| Marital Status | Single | 2(100.0) | 0(0.0) | ||
| Married | 207(59.3) | 142(40.7) | |||
| Separated | 0(0.0) | 3(100.0) | 10.216 | 0.017* | |
| Widowed | 48(72.7) | 18(27.3) | |||
|
Number of external Dependants |
<5 | 191(59.7) | 129(40.3) | 1.026 | 0.311 |
| ≥5 | 66(66.0) | 34(34.0) | |||
| Hypertension knowledge | Poor | 56(54.9) | 46(45.1) | ||
| Average | 134(59.8) | 90(40.2) | 5.902 | 0.048 | |
| Good | 67(71.3) | 27(28.7) | |||
*
Fishers exact test