Table 3.

Association of patient expectation with health literacy, disease control status, and treatment adherence amongst study participants (n=80)

Parameter	Expectations		Chi-Sq*	P
	High (n=64)	Low (n=16)
Health Literacy
Inadequate	56 (86.2)	9 (13.8)	6.28	0.012
Adequate	8 (53.3)	7 (46.7)
Status of Control
Good Control	17 (77.3)	5 (22.7)	1.521	0.467
Fair Control	16 (80.0)	4 (20.0)
Poor Control	31 (81.6)	7 (18.4)
Treatment Adherence
100% Adherence	15 (88.2)	2 (11.8)	0.378	0.539
75% Adherence	28 (75.7)	9 (24.3)	0.381	0.538
50% Adherence	41 (80.3)	10 (19.7)	0.001	1
25% Adherence	48 (80.0)	12 (20.0)	0.001	1
<25% Adherence	16 (80.0)	4 (20.0)	0.001	1
0% Adherence	14 (87.5)	2 (12.5)	0.239	0.625

Figures in round parentheses represent row-wise percentages. *Chi-square test, Fischer’s Exact test