Evaluation of Psychological Distress, Self-Care, and Medication Adherence in Association with Hypertension Control

Table 1

The demographic and medical characteristics of the study population divided by sex. A value < 0.05 was considered significant.

	Mean (standard deviation)			value
	Female	Male
Age (years)	60.60 ± 11.35	60.50 ± 11.55		0.854
Years of education	4.97 ± 4.91	8.73 ± 5.41		0.109
BMI	30.44 ± 4.52	28.61 ± 3.62		0.003
Years since hypertension diagnosed	7.67 ± 6.87	5.35 ± 4.27		<0.001
SBP	134.38 ± 19.78	136.71 ± 16.26		0.031
DBP	77.88 ± 11.92	81.47 ± 10.74		0.204
MAP	96.71 ± 13.18	99.88 ± 11.31		0.040
Numbers (%)				value
Sex	252 (100%)	138 (61.3%)	114 (38.7%)
Marital status	Married	97 (70.3%)	107 (93.9%)	<0.001
	Single/divorced/dead	41 (29.7%)	7 (6.1%)
Occupation	Employed	4 (2.9%)	45 (39.5%)	<0.001
	Housekeeper	128 (92.8%)	0 (0.0%)
	Retired	6 (4.3%)	68 (59.6%)
	Student/unemployed	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)
Diabetes	Yes	51 (37%)	35 (30.7%)	0.182
	No	87 (63%)	79 (69.3%)
Hyperlipidemia	Yes	78 (56.5%)	50 (43.9%)	0.030
	No	60 (43.5%)	64 (56.1%)
Smoking	Yes	3 (2.2%)	22 (19.3%)	<0.001
	No	135 (97.8%)	92 (80.7%)
Family history	Yes	90 (65.2%)	67 (58.8%)	0.179
	No	48 (34.8%)	47 (41.2%)