Appendix 1 Table 2.

Associations Between Symptom Severity and Perceived Relatedness to Medication to Blood Pressure Treatment Dissatisfaction (n = 1,365)

Symptom SeverityPerceived Relationship to Medications
Total with SymptomSomewhat or ModerateBig orVery BigpUnrelated to MedsRelated to Medsp
ANY symptom1,365779586<0.0017376280.001
 Somewhat or very satisfied712 (52.2%)443 (56.9%)269 (45.9%)402 (54.6%)310 (49.4%)
 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied329 (24.1%)185 (23.7%)144 (24.6%)198 (26.9%)131 (20.9%)
 Somewhat or very dissatisfied324 (23.7%)151 (19.4%)173 (29.5%)137 (18.6%)187 (29.8%)
Tiredness10607792810.01869191<0.001
 Somewhat or very satisfied533 (50.3%)408 (52.4%)125 (44.5%)454 (52.2%)79 (41.4%)
 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied265 (25.0%)193 (24.8%)72 (25.6%)222 (25.5%)43 (22.5%)
 Somewhat or very dissatisfied262 (24.7%)178 (22.8%)84 (29.9%)193 (22.2%)69 (36.1%)
Dizziness6505381120.024222280.006
 Somewhat or very satisfied325 (50.0%)276 (51.3%)49 (43.7%)222 (52.6%)103 (45.2%)
 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied141 (21.7%)124 (23.0%)17 (15.2%)100 (23.7%)41 (18.0%)
 Somewhat or very dissatisfied184 (28.3%)138 (25.6%)46 (41.1%)100 (23.7%)84 (36.8%)
Leg swelling5534111420.164011520.003
 Somewhat or very satisfied276 (49.9%)214 (52.1%)62 (43.7%)210 (52.4%)66 (43.4%)
 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied138 (25.0%)96 (23.4%)42 (29.6%)108 (26.9%)30 (19.7%)
 Somewhat or very dissatisfied139 (25.1%)101 (24.6%)38 (26.8%)83 (20.7%)56 (36.8%)
Cough5174101070.064031140.03
 Somewhat or very satisfied252 (48.7%)205 (50.0%)47 (43.9%)202 (50.1%)50 (43.9%)
 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied132 (25.5%)110 (26.8%)22 (20.6%)110 (27.3%)22 (19.3%)
 Somewhat or very dissatisfied133 (25.7%)95 (23.2%)39 (35.5%)91 (22.6%)42 (36.8%)
Urinary frequency8456681770.415652800.04
 Somewhat or very satisfied410 (48.5%)327 (48.9%)83 (46.9%)280 (49.6%)130 (46.4%)
 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied219 (25.9%)176 (26.3%)43 (24.3%)161 (28.5%)58 (20.7%)
 Somewhat or very dissatisfied216 (25.6%)165 (24.7%)51 (28.8%)124 (22.0%)92 (32.9%)
Sexual symptoms3742351390.012711030.04
 Somewhat or very satisfied167 (44.7%)119 (50.6%)48 (34.5%)128 (47.2%)39 (37.9%)
 Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied113 (30.2%)60 (25.5%)53 (38.1%)83 (30.6%)30 (29.1%)
 Somewhat or very dissatisfied94 (25.1%)56 (23.8%)38 (27.3%)60 (22.1%)34 (33.0%)