Table 5.
Adherence characteristics inter-group comparison (hypertension vs. diabetes) depending on the adherence level.
| Factors | Hypertension (n=1,030) | Diabetes(n=541) | p** | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High adh(8–15 pts) | Low adh(16–48 pts) | p* | High adh(8–15 pts) | Low adh(16–48 pts) | p* | ||
| Gender | >0.05 | ||||||
| Women | n=265 (45%) | n=317 (55%) | 0.50 | n=123 (52%) | n=116 (48%) | 0.004 | |
| Men | n=194 (43%) | n=253 (57%) | n=118 (39%) | n=184 (61%) | |||
| Place of residence | >0.05 | ||||||
| Countryside | n=130 (39%) | n=200 (61%) | 0.020 | n=80 (42%) | n=113 (59%) | 0.28 | |
| City | n=330 (47%) | n=370 (53%) | n=161 (46%) | n=187 (54%) | |||
| Marital status | >0.05 | ||||||
| Single | n=147 (47%) | n=168 (53%) | 0.39 | n=80 (46%) | n=93 (54%) | 0.58 | |
| Married | n=313 (44%) | n=402 (56%) | n=161 (44%) | n=207 (56%) | |||
| Education level | >0.05 | ||||||
| Primary or none | n=76 (38%) | n=125 (62%) | 0.001 | n=125 (46%) | n=145 (54%) | 0.62 | |
| Secondary | n=192 (41%) | n=274 (59%) | n=20 (47%) | n=23 (53%) | |||
| Higher | n=192 (53%) | n=170 (47%) | n=96 (42%) | n=132 (58%) | |||
| Employment status | >0.05 | ||||||
| Out of work | n=285 (46%) | n=330 (54%) | 0.19 | n=196 (47%) | n=225 (53%) | 0.08 | |
| In work | n=175 (42%) | n=240 (58%) | n=45 (37%) | n=75 (63%) | |||
| Age | >0.05 | ||||||
| <65 years old | n=222 (45%) | n=266 (55%) | 0.61 | n=111 (48%) | n=130 (42%) | 0.16 | |
| ≥65 years old | n=238 (44%) | n=304 (56%) | n=120 (52%) | n=180 (58%) | |||
n, number of people; , average; Min, minimum value; Max, maximum value; SD, standard deviation.
*intra-group comparison (chi2 test); **intergroup comparison (chi2 test include Bonferroni correction). Statistically significant results were highlighted in bold (p < 0.05).