Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants
Variable | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
Male | 194 (51.5) |
Female | 183 (48.5) |
Age (year) | |
Less than 65 | 276 (73.2) |
65 or more | 101 (26.8) |
Residency | |
Village | 76 (20.2) |
City | 267 (70.8) |
Refugee camp | 34 (9.0) |
Employment | |
Employed | 170 (45.1) |
Unemployed | 207 (54.9) |
BMI | |
Normal | 55 (14.6) |
Overweight | 122 (32.4) |
Obese | 200 (53.1) |
Marital status | |
Married | 312 (82.8) |
Unmarried | 65 (17.2) |
Monthly income (NIS) a | |
Low (less than 2000) | 98 (26.0) |
Moderate (2000–5000) | 227 (60.2) |
High ( more than 5000) | 52 (13.8) |
Education level | |
Uneducated | 16 (4.2) |
Primary school | 69 (18.3) |
High school | 136 (36.1) |
University | 156 (41.4) |
Hypertension duration | |
Less than 1 year | 13 (3.4) |
1–3 years | 58 (15.4) |
4–5 years | 21 (5.6) |
5 years or more | 285 (75.6) |
Therapy type | |
Monotherapy | 252 (66.8) |
Multi therapy | 125 (33.2) |
Total number of chronic diseases b | |
1 or less | 304 (80.6) |
2 | 67 (17.8) |
3 or more | 6 (1.6) |
Total number of medications | |
Less than 4 | 273 (72.4) |
4 or more | 104 (27.6) |