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. 2022 Mar 16;6(3):e32725. doi: 10.2196/32725

Table 3.

Factors associated with treatment adherence according to adherence level among patients with mental disorders or cardiovascular diseases or both conditions who were recruited for the French Carenity platform study (N=820).

Factors Total Poorly adherent, n (%) Partially adherent, n (%) Mostly adherent, n (%) Perfectly adherent, n (%) P value
Gender ≤.001

Female 542 166 (30.6) 172 (31.7) 100 (18.5) 104 (19.2)


Male 278 50 (18) 76 (27.3) 82 (29.5) 70 (25.2)

Age group (years) ≤.001

≥65 189 27 (14.3) 50 (26.5) 46 (24.3) 66 (34.9)


<65 631 189 (30) 198 (31.4) 136 (21.6) 108 (17.1)

Disease type ≤.001

Cardiovascular diseases only 403 63 (15.6) 112 (27.8) 109 (27) 119 (29.5)


Mental disorders only 292 115 (39.4) 96 (32.9) 49 (16.8) 32 (11)

Complexity of treatment regimen ≤.001a

Simple 269 58 (21.6) 75 (27.9) 61 (22.7) 75 (27.9)


Intermediate 204 52 (25.5) 61 (29.9) 54 (26.5) 37 (18.1)


Complex 347 106 (30.5) 112 (32.3) 67 (19.3) 62 (17.9)

Fear of treatment risks ≤.001

No 125 17 (13.6) 23 (18.4) 39 (31.2) 46 (36.8)


Yes 695 199 (28.6) 225 (32.4) 143 (20.6) 128 (18.4)

Worry about treatment constraints ≤.001

No 262 56 (21.4) 72 (27.5) 80 (30.5) 84 (32.1)


Yes 528 160 (30.3) 176 (33.3) 102 (19.3) 90 (17.1)

Received information on treatment benefits and impact on health ≤.001

Yes 599 126 (21) 188 (31.4) 144 (24) 141 (23.6)


Yes partially 142 64 (45.1) 42 (29.6) 21 (14.8) 15 (10.5)


No 79 26 (32.9 18 (22.8) 17 (21.5) 18 (22.8)

Received information on adverse effects ≤.01

Yes 660 162 (24.5) 208 (31.5) 148 (22.4) 142 (21.5)


No 160 54 (33.7) 40 (25) 34 (21.3) 32 (20)

aThe P value only refers to the comparison of the simple and complex treatment regimens.