Table 3.
Comparison of adherence scores between study and control groups before and after test during follow-up (n = 80)
| Total adherence level at different times of assessment | Total adherence level among the studied patients with CVLU (n = 80) |
χ2 | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| study group (n = 40) |
control group (n = 40) |
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| n | % | n | % | |||
| Pretest | ||||||
| Low adherence | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moderate adherence | 36 | 90.0 | 40 | 100 | 4.211 | 0.122 |
| Good adherence | 3 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| After 1 month | ||||||
| Low adherence | 0 | 0 | 24 | 60.0 | ||
| Moderate adherence | 30 | 75.0 | 15 | 37.5 | 36.364 | 0.000* |
| Good adherence | 10 | 25.0 | 1 | 2.5 | ||
| After 3 months | ||||||
| Moderate adherence | 10 | 25.0 | 38 | 95.0 | 40.833 | 0.0001 * |
| Good adherence | 30 | 75.0 | 2 | 5.0 | ||
| After 6 months | ||||||
| Moderate adherence | 1 | 2.5 | 28 | 70.0 | ||
| Good adherence | 21 | 52.5 | 12 | 30.0 | 45.592 | 0.0001 * |
| Full adherence | 18 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| After 12 months | ||||||
| Moderate adherence | 0 | 0 | 27 | 67.5 | ||
| Good adherence | 16 | 40.0 | 13 | 32.5 | 51.310 | 0.0001 * |
| Full adherence | 24 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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| χ2 = 167.924 | χ2 = 138.40 | |||||
| p value = 0.0001 * | p value = 0.0001* | |||||
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| Change of total adherence scores | 1: 16 | −1: 10 | Z test | 0.0001* | ||
| after 12 months vs. pretest | 11.60±3.41 | 4.80±2.63 | 6.629 | |||
Total adherence levels: low (<25%) (8–15), moderate (25%–50%) (16–23), good adherence (50%–75%) (24–31), and full adherence (>75%) (≥32).
*
Statistically significant.