Association between attendance at outpatient follow-up appointments and blood pressure control among patients with hypertension

Table 3 Factors predicting regularity in treatment follow-up appointments

Parameter	Irregular in treatment follow-up n (%)	Regular in treatment follow-up n (%)	OR	95% CI for OR lower–upper	P value
Gender
Female	225 (65)	122 [35]	1
Male	163 [52]	152 (48)	1.720	1.259–2.350	0.001*
Age
< 60 Years	266 (62)	164 (38)	1
≥ 60 Years	121 (52)	110 (48)	1.462	1.059–2.020	0.021*
Marital status
Married	342 (60)	232 (40)	1
Unmarried/divorced/Widowed	46 (52)	42 (48)	1.346	0.858–2.111	0.196
Education					0.166
Uneducated	116 (62)	71 (38)	1
Primary or below	86 (58)	63 (42)	1.197	0.771–1.857	0.423
Secondary and higher secondary	137 (61)	89 (39)	1.061	0.713–1.580	0.769
Graduation and above	49 (49)	51 (51)	1.700	1.041–2.778	0.034*
BMI
Normal weight	237 (59)	164 (41)	1
Obese	151 (58)	110 (42)	1.053	0.767–1.444	0.750
Profession					0.384
Retired/unemployed/house wives	248 (60)	162 (40)	1
Officers	32 (51)	31 (49)	1.483	0.871–2.525	0.147
Clerical staff	26 (50)	26 (50)	1.531	0.858–2.730	0.149
Worker/laborer	67 (55)	55 (45)	1.257	0.836–1.890	0.272
Self employed	15 (100)	0 (0)	-	-	-
Entitlement status
Non-entitled	283 (69)	126 (31)	1
Entitled	105 (42)	148 (58)	3.166	2.284–4.388	0.0001^*
Treatment duration
≤ 5 years	281 (63)	163 (37)	1
> 5 years	107 (49)	111 (51)	1.788	1.288–2.483	0.001^*
No. of medications
1	199 (69)	90 (31)
2	147 (50)	146 (50)
3	41 (52)	38 (48)	1.585	1.259–1.996	0.0001^*
Co-morbidities
No	321 (66)	164 (34)	1
Yes	67 (38)	110 (62)	3.214	2.248–4.593	0.0001^*
Medication adherence
Non-Adherent	211 (83)	44 (17)	1
Adherent	177 (44)	230 (56)	6.231	4.264–9.106	0.0001^*

Significant values are highlighted in bold
*P < 0.05
The level of adherence was measured through 8-items Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8). Use of the MMAS is protected by US copyright laws. Permission for use is required. A license agreement is available from: Donald E. Morisky, ScD, ScM, MSPH. Use of the ©MMAS is protected by US copyright and registered trademark laws. Permission for use is required. A license agreement is available from: Donald E. Morisky, 294 Lindura Court, Las Vegas, NV 89,138–4632; dmorisky@gmail.com.The scale's questions are available in the originally published article (25)

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