| n | % |
---|---|---|
Socio-demographic variables | ||
 Sex | ||
  Male | 107 | 65.2 |
  Female | 57 | 34.8 |
 Marital status | ||
  Married | 120 | 73.6 |
  Unmarried | 43 | 26.4 |
 Education | ||
  Primary school | 73 | 44.8 |
  Secondary school | 83 | 50.9 |
  Academic education | 7 | 4.3 |
 Occupation | ||
  Active worker | 25 | 15.3 |
  Unemployed | 3 | 1.8 |
  Retired | 136 | 82.9 |
 Age | ||
  Age Years (mean; SD) | 74 | 10.2 |
Clinical variables | ||
 TTR | ||
  ≥ 70% | 52 | 39.4 |
  < 70% | 80 | 60.6 |
 Time in treatment* | ||
  < 6 months | 3 | 1.8 |
  7–12 months | 3 | 1.8 |
  > 12 months | 12 | 7.4 |
  > 36 months | 145 | 89.0 |
 Clinical condition for anticoagulation treatment* | ||
  AF | 61 | 37.6 |
  Heart valve prosthesis (i.e., mitral or aortic valve replacement) | 38 | 23.4 |
  VTE | 19 | 11.7 |
  Stoke | 2 | 1.3 |
  MI | 9 | 5.6 |
  Others | 33 | 20.4 |
 Comorbidity (CCI) | ||
  No comorbidity | 3 | 1.9 |
  1–2 | 116 | 71.6 |
  3–4 | 43 | 26.5 |
 Clinical complications (thromboembolic or haemorrhagic) | ||
  Yes | 2 | 1.2 |
  No | 162 | 98.8 |