Table 3.
Adherence characteristics inter-group comparison (hypertension vs. diabetes) depending on the total score of ARMS.
| Factors | Group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypertension (n=1,030) | Diabetes (n=541) | |||||||
| n | SD | p* | n | SD | p* | |||
| Gender | 0.022 | 0.013 | ||||||
| Women | 582 | 18.8 | 6.6 | 239 | 16.8 | 4.2 | ||
| Men | 447 | 19.8 | 7.7 | 302 | 17.8 | 4.8 | ||
| Place of residence | 0.018 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Countryside | 330 | 20.0 | 7.3 | 193 | 17.4 | 4.5 | ||
| City | 700 | 18.8 | 7.0 | 348 | 17.3 | 4.6 | ||
| Marital status | 0.68 | 0.76 | ||||||
| Single | 315 | 19.3 | 7.4 | 173 | 17.3 | 4.9 | ||
| Married | 715 | 19.1 | 7.0 | 368 | 17.4 | 4.5 | ||
| Education level | <0.001 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Primary or none | 201 | 21.5 | 7.9 | 270 | 17.1 | 4.4 | ||
| Secondary | 362 | 17.3 | 5.9 | 282 | 17.6 | 4.7 | ||
| Higher | 466 | 19.7 | 7.3 | 43 | 17.6 | 4.9 | ||
| Employment status | 0.34 | 0.010 | ||||||
| Out of work | 615 | 18.8 | 6.6 | 421 | 16.8 | 4.2 | ||
| In work | 415 | 19.8 | 7.7 | 120 | 17.8 | 4.8 | ||
| Age | 0.44 | 0.65 | ||||||
| <65 years old | 821 | 19.0 | 7.1 | 821 | 17.3 | 4.8 | ||
| ≥65 years old | 749 | 19.4 | 7.1 | 749 | 17.4 | 4.4 | ||
n, number of people; , mean; Min, minimum value; Max, maximum value; SD, standard deviation; *intra-group comparison (t-test or one-way ANOVA). Statistically significant results were highlighted in bold (p < 0.05).