Independent variables | Medication management practice | P-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Inappropriate | Appropriate | |||
aAge (years) | 69(12) | 67(10) | 0.176 | |
Gender | Male | 179(79.2) | 47(20.8) | 0.714 |
Female | 130(81.2) | 30(18.8) | ||
Level of education | Never went to school | 186(81.9) | 41(18.1) | 0.256 |
Primary | 73(81.1) | 17(18.9) | ||
Secondary | 26(68.4) | 12(31.6) | ||
Higher secondary | 17(70.8) | 7(29.2) | ||
Graduation and above | 7(100) | 0 | ||
Marital status | Married | 200(78.4) | 55(21.6) | 0.329 |
Single | 109(83.2) | 22(16.8) | ||
Types of disease | Asthma | 40(88.9) | 5(11.1) | 0.225 |
Diabetes | 56(82.4) | 12(17.6) | ||
Hypertension | 93(73.8) | 33(26.2) | ||
Rheumatic arthritis | 10(71.4) | 4(28.6) | ||
Other disease | 49(84.5) | 9(15.5) | ||
Multiple diseases | 61(81.3) | 14(18.7) | ||
Duration of disease | < 1 years | 18(62.1) | 11(37.9) | 0.002* |
1–2 years | 46(71.9) | 18(28.1) | ||
2–3 years | 62(82.7) | 13(17.3) | ||
> 3 years | 183(83.9) | 35(16.1) | ||
Alcohol consumption | Yes | 55(83.3) | 11(16.7) | 0.573 |
No | 254(79.4) | 66(20.6) | ||
Smoking | Yes | 82(86.3) | 13(13.7) | 0.107 |
No | 227(78.0) | 64(22.0) | ||
Chewing tobacco | Yes | 42(79.2) | 11(20.8) | 1.000 |
No | 267(80.2) | 66(19.8) | ||
Go for morning/evening walk or do yoga | Yes | 149(78.8) | 40(21.2) | 0.647 |
No | 160(81.2) | 37(18.8) |