Variables | Frequency (n) | Percentages (%) |
Age (years) (Mean ± SD) | 63.6 ± 11.6 | |
Duration of disease (years) (Median, IQR) | 4.0 (2.0 - 8.0) | |
Age groups (years) | ||
30 - 40 | 15 | 5.0% |
41 - 50 | 37 | 12.3% |
51 - 60 | 50 | 16.7% |
61 - 70 | 102 | 34.0% |
70+ | 96 | 32.0% |
Gender | ||
Male | 186 | 62.0% |
Female | 114 | 38.0% |
Marital status | ||
Single | 6 | 2.0% |
Married | 187 | 62.3% |
Divorced | 62 | 20.7% |
Separated | 8 | 2.7% |
Widowed | 37 | 12.3% |
Educational level | ||
Uneducated | 27 | 9.0% |
Primary | 6 | 2.0% |
JHS | 88 | 29.3% |
SHS | 114 | 38.0% |
Tertiary | 65 | 21.7% |
Duration of disease (years) | ||
< 5 | 157 | 52.3% |
5 - 10 | 97 | 32.3% |
11 - 15 | 22 | 7.3% |
>15 | 24 | 8.0% |
Occupational status | ||
Government employee | 86 | 28.7% |
Self-employed | 131 | 43.7% |
Student | 1 | 0.3% |
Unemployed | 82 | 27.3% |
Consistency of routine monthly appoints | ||
All the time | 244 | 81.3% |
Most of the time | 56 | 10.7% |