| 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% |