Table 1 Patient demographics and their relationship with Medication Adherence
Variable | Adherent | Non-adherent | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||
Total | 54 (25.5%) | 158 (74.5%) | Â | |||
Type of Medication | NOACs | 24 | 44.4% | 30 | 55.6% | < 0.001 |
Warfarin | 30 | 19.0% | 128 | 81.0% | ||
Age (Mean(SD))* | 53.75 (13.19) | 56.20 (11.87) | 0.23 | |||
Gender | Male | 36 | 29.0% | 88 | 71.0% | 0.20 |
Female | 18 | 20.5% | 70 | 79.5% | ||
Marital status | Single | 2 | 33.3% | 4 | 66.7% | 0.6 |
Married | 47 | 25.0% | 141 | 75.0% | ||
Widow | 5 | 33.3% | 10 | 66.7% | ||
Divorced | 0 | 0% | 3 | 100% | ||
Education | No formal education | 19 | 29.7% | 45 | 70.3% | 0.04 |
Primary and secondary education# | 8 | 13.8% | 50 | 86.2% | ||
Associate degree or higher# | 27 | 30.0% | 63 | 70.0% | ||
Occupation | Retired | 21 | 25.9% | 60 | 74.1% | 0.9 |
Unemployed | 21 | 26.3% | 59 | 73.8% | ||
Employed | 12 | 23.5% | 39 | 76.5% | ||
Residency | Rural | 31 | 38.8% | 49 | 61.3% | 0.001 |
Urban | 23 | 17.4% | 109 | 82.6% | ||
Current smoker | Yes | 18 | 32.7% | 37 | 67.3% | 0.1 |
No | 36 | 22.9% | 121 | 77.1% | ||
Having first-degree relatives studying a medical specialty | Yes | 16 | 41.0% | 23 | 59.0% | 0.02 |
No | 38 | 22.0% | 135 | 78.0% | ||
Any mental or psychological problems | Yes | 1 | 16.7% | 5 | 83.3% | 0.9 |
No | 53 | 25.7% | 153 | 74.3% | ||
Having children | Yes | 53 | 26.2% | 149 | 73.8% | 0.4 |
No | 1 | 10.0% | 9 | 90.0% | ||
Any side effects from the medication that led to hospitalization | Yes | 12 | 25.5% | 35 | 74.5% | 0.3 |
No | 42 | 25.5% | 123 | 74.5% | ||