Source of medicines and medicine information by self-reported persons living with hypertension and diabetes in rural and urban Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study was conducted to determine the source of medicines and medicine information of persons living with hypertension and diabetes in rural and urban Ghana and assessing if they are influenced by predisposing and enabling factors as defined by Andersen's behavioural model.

Methods

A population based cross sectional study was conducted in four (4) rural and four (4) urban districts in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. A multistage and proportional sampling method was used in enrolling participants aged 18 years and above. A pre-tested structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data from respondents. Data collected was exported to STATA for analysis. Descriptive analysis was performed. Chi-square tests/Fisher's exact test and multinomial logistic regressio

SUBMITTER: Opare-Addo MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6207351 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature