Variables

High adherence

Low Adherence

X2, df (p-value)

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Age groups (years)

2.7, 4 (0.602)

30 - 40

9 (4.2%)

6 (7.1%)

1

41 - 50

26 (12.0%)

11 (13.1%)

1.6 (0.5 - 5.5)

0.525

51 - 60

37 (17.1%)

13 (15.5%)

1.9 (0.6 - 6.4)

0.340

61 - 70

78 (36.1%)

24 (28.6%)

2.2 (0.7 - 6.7)

0.207

70+

66 (30.6%)

30 (35.7%)

1.5 (0.5 - 4.5)

0.558

Gender

0.070

Male

76 (35.2%)

38 (45.2%)

1

Female

140 (64.8%)

46 (54.8%)

1.5 (0.9 - 2.5)

0.114

Marital status

22.6, 4 (<0.0001)

Single

6 (2.8%)

1 (1.2%)

Married

148 (68.5%)

38 (45.2%)

2.3 (1.1 - 4.9)

0.034

Divorced

32 (14.8%)

30 (35.7%)

0.6 (0.3 - 1.5)

0.403

Separated

7 (3.2%)

1 (1.2%)

4.3 (0.5 - 38.4)

0.236

Widowed

23 (10.6%)

14 (16.7%)

1

Educational level

36.3, 4 (<0.0001)

Uneducated

26 (12.0%)

1 (1.2%)

1

Primary

5 (2.3%)

1 (1.2%)

0.2 (0.01 - 3.6)

0.335

JHS

45 (20.8%)

43 (51.2%)

0.04 (0.005 - 3.1)

<0.0001

SHS

96 (44.4%)

18 (21.4%)

0.2 (0.03 - 1.6)

0.124

Tertiary

44 (20.4%)

21 (25.0%)

0.8 (0.01 - 6.3)

0.003

Occupational status

2.3, 3 (0.505)

Government employee

66 (30.6%)

20 (23.8%)

1.6 (0.8 - 3.2)

0.174

Self-employed

94 (43.5%)

37 (44.0%)

1.3 (0.7 - 2.3)

0.539

Student

1 (0.5%)

0 (0.0%)

Unemployed

55 (25.5%)

27 (32.1%)

1

Duration of disease (years)

28.3, (<0.0001)

<5

110 (50.9%)

47 (56.0%)

1

5 - 10

85 (39.4%)

12 (14.3%)

2.9 (1.5 - 5.8)

0.002

11 - 15

11 (5.1%)

11 (13.1%)

0.4 (0.2 - 1.1)

0.087

>15

10 (4.6%)

14 (16.7%)

0.3 (0.1 - 0.7)

0.010