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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the study group

From: Impact of satisfaction with physician–patient communication on self-care and adherence in patients with hypertension: cross-sectional study

Variable

Poor communication (n = 34)

Good communication (n = 216)

p

Age

mean ± SD

65.68 ± 10.69

60.53 ± 14.73

0.049 NP

Duration of HT in years

mean ± SD

10.24 ± 10.77

12.4 ± 10.34

0.124 NP

Appointment duration [min]

mean ± SD

16.21 ± 9.52

20.08 ± 10.13

0.008 NP

Time spent discussing the patient’s problems [min]

mean ± SD

7.38 ± 7.22

10.43 ± 9.39

0.037 NP

Sex

Female

18 (52.94%)

122 (56.48%)

0.841

Male

16 (47.06%)

94 (43.52%)

chi2

Place of residence

Rural

6 (17.65%)

51 (23.61%)

0.582

Urban

28 (82.35%)

165 (76.39%)

chi2

Relationship status

Single

9 (26.47%)

65 (30.09%)

0.82

In a relationship

25 (73.53%)

151 (69.91%)

chi2

Education

Primary or none

3 (8.82%)

20 (9.26%)

0.762

High school

20 (58.82%)

112 (51.85%)

F

College/university

11 (32.35%)

84 (38.89%)

 

Professional status

Professionally active

9 (26.47%)

77 (35.65%)

0.338

Retirement pensioner

20 (58.82%)

96 (44.44%)

F

Disability pensioner

3 (8.82%)

34 (15.74%)

 

Unemployed

2 (5.88%)

9 (4.17%)

 

Financial standing

Wealthy

0 (0.00%)

12 (5.56%)

0.723

Able to afford all that is needed and save some money

14 (41.18%)

83 (38.43%)

F

Able to afford daily expenses, but not any larger ones

17 (50.00%)

93 (43.06%)

 

Unable to afford many things

3 (8.82%)

25 (11.57%)

 

Unable to afford even the most basic expenses

0 (0.00%)

3 (1.39%)

 

Frequency of follow-up appointments

1

3 (8.82%)

12 (5.56%)

0.557

1–2

4 (11.76%)

39 (18.06%)

F

4–5

9 (26.47%)

38 (17.59%)

 

More than 5

18 (52.94%)

124 (57.41%)

 

None

0 (0.00%)

3 (1.39%)

 

BMI:

Normal weight

7 (20.59%)

65 (30.09%)

0.514

Overweight

15 (44.12%)

81 (37.50%)

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Obesity

12 (35.29%)

70 (32.41%)

 

BP

Normal BP

22 (64.71%)

120 (55.56%)

0.415

Elevated BP

12 (35.29%)

96 (44.44%)

chi2

  1. P normal (parametric) distribution in groups, Student’s t-test; NP non-parametric distribution in groups, Mann-Whitney test, BP blood pressure, HT hypertension, BMI Body Mass Index