Table 2 Adherent rates by baseline characteristics of study participants
Category of predictors | Patients’ adherence rate | Total | P-value) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-adherent n (%) | Adherent n (%) | ||||
Residence area | Rural | 300 (28.4) | 114 (71.6) | 324 | 0.079 |
Urban | 228 (31.4) | 150 (68.6) | 468 | ||
Educational background | No education | 208 (80) | 52 (20) | 260 | 0.000 |
Primary | 190 (69.1) | 85 (30.1) | 275 | ||
Secondary | 35 (34) | 68(66) | 103 | ||
Tertiary | 10 (6.5) | 144 (93.5) | 154 | ||
Marital status | Living with Partner | 51 (14.4) | 304 (85.6) | 355 | 0.000 |
Living without partner | 188 (43) | 249 (57) | 437 | ||
Gender | Female | 97 (24.8) | 294 (75.2) | 391 | 0.018 |
Male | 142 (35.4) | 259 (64.6) | 401 | ||
Household income | Low income | 165 (46.5) | 190 (53.5) | 355 | < 0.001 |
Middle income | 116 (35.5) | 230 (64.5) | 346 | ||
High income | 91 (100) | 91 | |||
Owner of cell phone | With cell phone | 51 (9.4) | 490 (91.6) | 541 | < 0.001 |
Without Cell phone | 60 (23.9) | 191(76.1) | 251 | ||
Level of Disclosure | Disclosed the disease | 18 (4.8) | 357 (95.2) | 375 | |
Not disclosed the disease | 339 (81.3) | 78 (18.7) | 417 | < 0.001 | |
WHO stages | Stage I | 4 (4) | 97 (96) | 101 | 0.001 |
Stage II | 96 (37.2) | 162 (62.8) | 258 | ||
Stage III | 124 (62.3) | 75 (37.7) | 199 | ||
Stage IV | 163 (69.7) | 71 (30.3) | 234 | ||
Yes | 120 (24) | 380 (76) | 500 | < 0.001 | |
Patients who got social support | No | 192 (65.8) | 100 (34.2) | 292 | |