Table 1.
Baseline Characteristic and Patient-Related Factors
| Variables | Adherent Participants; N= 1253 (%) |
Non-Adherent Participants; N=244 (%) |
Total Participants, N=1497 (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | ||||||
| Community Pharmacies | 504 | (83.6) | 99 | (16.4) | 603 | (40.2) |
| Rafic-Hariri University hospital | 372 | (74.7) | 126 | (25.3) | 498 | (33.3) |
| Clinics | 376 | (94.9) | 20 | (5.1) | 396 | (26.5) |
| Patient-Related Factors | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| 18–44 | 180 | (90.0) | 20 | (10.0) | 200 | (13.4) |
| 45–64 | 297 | (75.8) | 95 | (24.2) | 392 | (26.2) |
| ≥65 | 776 | (85.7) | 129 | (14.3) | 905 | (60.4) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 598 | (82.6) | 126 | (17.4) | 724 | (48.3) |
| Female | 655 | (84.7) | 118 | (15.3) | 773 | (51.7) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
| <18.5 | 6 | (66.7) | 3 | (33.3) | 9 | (0.6) |
| 18.5–24.9 | 262 | (82.4) | 56 | (17.6) | 318 | (21.4) |
| 25–29.9 | 602 | (89.2) | 73 | (10.8) | 675 | (45.0) |
| ≥30 | 383 | (77.4) | 112 | (22.6) | 495 | (33.0) |
| Lifestyle | ||||||
| Smoking Status | ||||||
| Smoking Cigarettes | 355 | (80.7) | 85 | (19.3) | 440 | (29.4) |
| Smoking Hookah | 82 | (59.4) | 56 | (40.6) | 138 | (9.2) |
| Smoking hookah and cigarette | 73 | (50.0) | 73 | (50.0) | 146 | (9.8) |
| Never smoked | 479 | (95.2) | 24 | (4.8) | 503 | (33.6) |
| Ex-smoker | 264 | (97.8) | 6 | (2.2) | 270 | (18.0) |
| Do you think that non-adherence to medication will affect your health status? | ||||||
| Yes | 1157 | (93.7) | 78 | (6.3) | 1235 | (82.5) |
| No | 96 | (36.6) | 166 | (63.4) | 262 | (17.5) |
| Do you believe that your treatment is helpful? | ||||||
| Yes | 1151 | (93.9) | 75 | (6.1) | 1226 | (81.9) |
| No | 102 | (37.6) | 169 | (62.4) | 271 | (18.1) |