Research Article
Patient Related Factors Affecting Adherence to Antimalarial Medication in an Urban Estate in Ghana
Table 4
The relationship between adherence level and demographic characteristics.
| Demographics | Adherent | Partially adherent | Nonadherent | value () |
| Age | 18–25 | 61 | 34 | 24 | 0.75 (0.154) | 26–35 | 50 | 20 | 5 | 36–45 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 46–55 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 56 and above | 16 | 4 | 3 |
| Gender | Male | 93 | 49 | 21 | 0.986 (0.010) | Female | 79 | 40 | 18 |
| Educational level | No education | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0.011 (0.207) | Primary | 5 | 6 | 0 | Middle school | 5 | 6 | 0 | JHS | 16 | 15 | 6 | SHS | 48 | 25 | 9 | Tertiary | 95 | 35 | 20 |
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