Table 5 Relation between medication adherence score and some demographic and clinical data, HAQ-DI level, depression score, anxiety score, DAS-28 level, and socio-economic class among studied patients (No. = 73)
Items | Medication adherence score | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
No. | Mean rank | ||
Demographic characteristics | |||
Age (years) | |||
  < 40 | 12 | 33.17 | 0.7 |
  40–< 50 | 18 | 41.58 | |
  50–< 60 | 23 | 35.91 | |
  ≥ 60 | 20 | 36.42 | |
Occupation | |||
  Housewife | 66 | 37.12 | 0.74 |
  Retired | 1 | 16.00 | |
  Free business | 2 | 43.00 | |
  Unemployed | 4 | 37.25 | |
Disease duration (years) | |||
  < 10 | 30 | 34.32 | 0.18 |
  10–20 | 28 | 35.23 | |
  > 20 | 15 | 45.67 | |
HAQ-DI level | |||
 Mild (0–< 1) | 35 | 32.80 | 0.22 |
 Moderate (1–< 2) | 18 | 42.31 | |
 Severe (2–3) | 20 | 39.58 | |
Depression score | |||
 No case (0–7) | 36 | 36.83 | 0.95 |
 Borderline (8–10) | 14 | 38.50 | |
 Case (11–21) | 23 | 36.35 | |
Anxiety score | |||
 No case (0–7) | 45 | 36.21 | 0.05* |
 Borderline (8–10) | 12 | 48.96 | |
 Case (11–21) | 16 | 30.25 | |
DAS-28 level | |||
 Remission < 2.6 | 6 | 46.50 | 0.6 |
 Low (2.6–< 3.2) | 15 | 36.77 | |
 Moderate (3.2–5.1) | 33 | 34.89 | |
 High > 5.1 | 19 | 37.84 | |
Socio-economic class | |||
 Low | 15 | 35.50 | 0.82 |
 Middle | 45 | 38.17 | |
 High | 13 | 34.69 | |