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. 2022 Aug 16;17(1):56. doi: 10.5334/gh.1143

Table 2.

Univariate Associations with Awareness of Hypertension Treatment.


CHARACTERISTIC LOW AWARENESS OF HYPERTENSION TREATMENT HIGH AWARENESS OF HYPERTENSION TREATMENT P-VALUE


N % N %

Gender 0.000*

    Women 3,568 51.8 695 67.9

    Men 3,326 48.2 329 32.1

Comorbidity Status 0.000*

    No Comorbid 4,865 70.5 269 35.3

    1–3 Comorbidities 1,977 28.7 464 61

    ≥4 Comorbidities 53 0.8 28 3.7

Age 0.000*

    Non-elderly [<60 years old] 5,007 72.6 620 60.5

    Elderly [≥60 years old] 1,887 27.4 404 39.5

Education Level 0.368

    No Education 876 13.1 145 14.5

    Elementary School 2,761 41.2 412 41.3

    Junior High School 960 14.3 139 13.9

    Senior High School 182 2.7 18 1.8

    University 1,924 28.7 284 28.5

Marital Status 0.910

    Not Currently Married 1,860 26.9 278 27.2

    Currently Married 5,034 73.1 746 72.8

Economic Status 0.251

    Quintile 1 1,396 20.3 209 20.4

    Quintile 2 1,462 21.2 199 19.4

    Quintile 3 1,309 19.0 189 18.5

    Quintile 4 1,395 20.2 200 19.5

    Quintile 5 1,332 19.3 227 22.2

Residency 0.000*

    Rural 2,924 42.4 660 64.4

    Urban 3,971 57.6 365 35.6

Health Care Visit Status 0.000*

    No 1,046 88.6 502 96.0

    Yes 135 11.4 21 4.0

Coverage of Health Insurance 0.000*

    No 1,892 51.0 320 60.0

    Yes 1,821 49.0 213 40.0

Religiosity 0.000*

    Not Religious 1,139 18.0 107 11.7

    Religious 5,191 82 811 88.3

Blood Pressure Control Status 0.000*

    Irregularly 5,328 84.2 514 56.1

    Regularly 1,001 15.8 403 43.9

Health Care Satisfaction 0.000*

    Low 1,553 24.5 284 30.9

    High 4,777 75.5 634 69.1

Happiness Status 0.210

    Unhappy 737 11.6 120 13.1

    Happy 5,593 88.4 798 86.9

Insomnia 0.000*

    Yes 2,858 45.2 423 46.1

    No 3,472 54.8 495 53.9

Depressive Symptoms Status 0.000*

    Not Depressed 5,091 80.4 677 73.7

    Depressed 1,239 19.6 241 26.3

* Included in initial multivariate model.