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Table 3 Adherence to anti-hypertensive medication

From: Self-care and adherence to medication: a survey in the hypertension outpatient clinic

 

Perfect Adherence (%)

Non-perfect Adherence (%)

Total (%)

p value

Gender

    

   Males

38 (56.7)

29 (43.3)

67

0.49

   Females

34 (50.7)

33 (49.3)

67

 

Cam users

    

   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

    

   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

    

   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

    

   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