Table 2 Characteristics of medication use of adult Syrian refugees reporting hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)
Hypertension (N = 326) | Diabetes (N = 185) | CVDs (N = 175) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Taking medication | ||||||
No | 132 | 40.5% | 61 | 33.0% | 89 | 50.9% |
Yes | 194 | 59.5% | 124 | 67.0% | 86 | 49.1% |
Number of medications | ||||||
1 | 152 | 46.6% | 95 | 51.4% | 37 | 21.1% |
2 | 29 | 8.9% | 26 | 14.1% | 18 | 10.3% |
3 + | 13 | 4.0% | 3 | 1.6% | 31 | 17.7% |
Females taking medication | ||||||
Among those diagnosed before moving to Lebanon | 45 (N = 57) | 78.9% | 28 (N = 32) | 87.5% | 9 (N = 18) | 50.0% |
Among those diagnosed after moving to Lebanon | 46 (N = 77) | 59.7% | 29 (N = 46) | 63.0% | 14 (N = 33) | 42.4% |
Date of move is unknown | (N = 95) | (N = 44) | (N = 49) | |||
p-value | .019 | .607 | .603 | |||
Males taking medication | ||||||
Among those diagnosed before moving to Lebanon | 19 (N = 26) | 73.1% | 19 (N = 26) | 73.1% | 15 (N = 21) | 71.4% |
Among those diagnosed after moving to Lebanon | 20 (N = 32) | 62.5% | 17 (N = 20) | 85.0% | 19 (N = 27) | 70.4% |
Date of move is unknown | (N = 39) | (N = 17) | (N = 27) | |||
p-value | .393 | .038 | .936 | |||