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Table 3 Sociodemographic and patient characteristic differences between those adherent and non-adherent with their medication for their schizophrenia

From: A patient perspective of the impact of medication side effects on adherence: results of a cross-sectional nationwide survey of patients with schizophrenia

 

Non-adherent (n = 504)

Adherent (n = 372)

 
 

n

%

n

%

p

Female

260

51.6

184

49.5

0.5344

Married

138

27.4

73

19.6

0.0069

Non-white

192

38.1

148

39.8

0.6127

Some college or higher

283

56.2

172

46.2

0.0037

Household income $20,000 or more

226

44.8

144

38.7

0.0685

Insured

455

90.3

344

92.5

0.2487

Employed

156

31.0

136

36.6

0.0838

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p

Age

42.40

12.02

43.89

11.46

0.0651

Number of comorbidities

1.34

1.29

1.18

1.31

0.0861