Table 5 Associations between patient characteristics and clinician monitoring of medication adherence
Monitoring by Hematologist | Monitoring by GP or regular doctor | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Always (n = 64) | Sometimes or never (n = 94) | Exact p value | Always (n = 45) | Sometimes or never (n = 112) | Exact p-value | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
Sexa | Male | 30 (48 %) | 52 (60 %) | 0.185 | 21 (48 %) | 61 (59 %) | 0.278 |
Female | 32 (52 %) | 35 (40 %) | 23 (52 %) | 43 (41 %) | |||
Agea | 18–39 years | 2 (3.2 %) | 3 (3.4 %) | 0.655 | 2 (4.5 %) | 3 (2.9 %) | 0.878 |
40–49 years | 7 (11 %) | 5 (5.7 %) | 4 (9 %) | 8 (7.7 %) | |||
50–59 years | 19 (31 %) | 24 (28 %) | 14 (32 %) | 28 (27 %) | |||
60–69 years | 18 (29 %) | 25 (29 %) | 12 (27 %) | 30 (29 %) | |||
70 years and over | 16 (26 %) | 30 (34 %) | 12 (27 %) | 35 (34 %) | |||
Cancer typea | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | 16 (26 %) | 21 (24 %) | 0.599 | 14 (32 %) | 22 (21 %) | 0.253 |
Acute Leukaemia | 7 (11 %) | 12 (14 %) | 3 (6.8 %) | 16 (15 %) | |||
Chronic Lymph Leukaemia | 7 911 %) | 7 (8 %) | 3 (6.8 %) | 11 (11 %) | |||
Myeloma | 22 (35 %) | 35 (40 %) | 17 (39 %) | 40 (38 %) | |||
Hodgkin Lymphoma | 5 (8 %) | 2 (2.3 %) | 4 (9 %) | 3 (2.9 %) | |||
Other | 5 (8 %) | 10 (11 %) | 3 (6.8 %) | 12 (12 %) | |||
Usual residencea | Urban | 52 (84 %) | 72 (83 %) | 1.000 | 37 (84 %) | 86 (83 %) | 1.000 |
Rural | 10 (16 %) | 15 (17 %) | 7 (16 %) | 18 (17 %) | |||
Time since diagnosisa | Less than 2 years | 24 (39 %) | 28 (32 %) | 0.486 | 20 (45 %) | 31 (30 %) | 0.088 |
2 years and over | 38 (61 %) | 59 (68 %) | 24 (55 %) | 73 % (70 %) | |||
Marital statusa | Married/living with partner | 17 (27 %) | 18 (20 %) | 0.336 | 13 (29 %) | 22 (20 %) | 0.291 |
Single, never married | 47 (73 %) | 73 (80 %) | 32 (71 %) | 87 (80 %) | |||
Educationa | High school or below | 27 (45 %) | 44 (51 %) | 0.309 | 19 (46 %) | 53 (51 %) | 0.786 |
Trade or TAFE | 21 (35 %) | 20 (23 %) | 13 (32 %) | 27 (26 %) | |||
University degree | 12 (20 %) | 22 (26 %) | 9 (22 %) | 24 (23 %) | |||
Employmenta | Currently employed | 23 (36 %) | 32 (34 %) | 0.866 | 16 (36 %) | 38 (34 %) | 1.000 |
Not employed | 41 (64 %) | 61 (66 %) | 29 (64 %) | 73 (66 %) | |||
No. of daily medications | 2 or less | 31 (48 %) | 46 (49 %) | 1.000 | 21 (47 %) | 56 (50 %) | 0.727 |
3 or more | 33 (52 %) | 48 (51 %) | 24 (53 %) | 56 (50 %) | |||