From: Self-care and adherence to medication: a survey in the hypertension outpatient clinic
 | Perfect Adherence (%) | Non-perfect Adherence (%) | Total (%) | p value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Males | 38 (56.7) | 29 (43.3) | 67 | 0.49 |
   Females | 34 (50.7) | 33 (49.3) | 67 |  |
Cam users | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Cam use | 26 (45.6) | 31 (54.4) | 57 |  |
   No CAM use | 46 (59.7) | 31 (40.3) | 77 | 0.11 |
Gender and CAM use | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Male & CAM | 15 (57.7) | 11 (42.3) | 26 |  |
   Male & no CAM | 23 (56.1) | 18 (43.9) | 41 | 0.90 |
   Female & CAM | 11 (35.5) | 20 (64.5) | 31 |  |
   Female & no CAM | 23 (63.9) | 13 (36.1) | 36 | 0.02 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   White British | 55 (67.1) | 27 (32.9) | 82 | <0.001 |
   All other | 17 (32.7) | 35 (67.3) | 52 |  |
Age (SD) | 60.17 (14.7) | 53.72 (16.2) | 56.95 (15.5) | 0.02 |
BP monitor | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Users | 29 (49.2) | 30 (50.8) | 59 | 0.55 |
   Non-users | 33 (44.0) | 42 (56.0) | 75 |  |
Duration of hypertension diagnosis, yr (SD) | 9.96 (10.54) | 11.30 (10.9) | 10.63 (10.72) | 0.48 |
Education, yr (SD) | 12.44 (4.70) | 12.32 (4.14) | 12.38 (4.42) | 0.88 |