Personality Traits, Clinical Characteristics, and Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients with Hypertension in a Primary Hospital in Ghana
Table 4
Hierarchical regression model of demographic characteristics, clinical variables, and HRQoL domains.
Physical
Psychological
Social
Environmental
Step
5.2%
0.8%
0.7%
3.2%
Step ( change)
6.1% (0.9%)
1.0% (0.2%)
1.3% (0.6%)
3.2% (0%)
Step ( change)
6.5% (0.4%)
1.0% (0.0%)
1.3% (0.0%)
3.6% (0.4%)
Age
-0.201(0.028)
0.146 (0.115)
- 0.13 (0.235)
- 0.040(0.132)
Sex
0.114 (0.365)
0.013 (0.471)
- 0.042 (0.479)
0.022(0.419)
Education
0.152(0.003)
0.024 (0.258)
0.016(0.103)
0.124(0.010)
Employment status
-0.075(0.086)
0.013 (0.407)
-0.032(0.282)
0.016(0.383)
Monthly income
-0.128(0.001)
0.022 (0.365)
-0.003(0.447)
-0.040(0.050)
Co-morbidity
0.102 (0.032)
- 0.046 (0.200)
0.071 (0.100)
0.013(0.409)
Number of medications taken
-0.006 (0.455)
0.023 (0.452)
0.024 (0.303)
- 0.074 (0.090)
Number of years with hypertension
-0.120 (0.138)
0.023 (0.335)
- 0.039 (0.090)
- 0.023(0.462)
Adherence
-0.254 (0.270)
0.010 (0.298)
-0.025 (0.859)
-0.409 (0.232)
Step 1: only demographics (Age, sex, monthly income, employment status, and education) were entered; step 2: Comorbidity, number of medications, and number of years with hypertension were added to the demographics; step 3: adherence was then added to the other variables.
