Table 3

Questions	Answers	Women (%)	Men (%)
1- Do you write down how often you take your medication?	Yes	15.1	18.5
1- Do you write down how often you take your medication?	No	84.9	81.5
2- Do you always take your medication at the same time every day?	Yes	54.7	44.4
	No	45.3	55.6
3 - Do you associate the times you take your medication with daily activities?	Yes	30.2	33.3
	No	69.8	66.7
4 - When you have to leave home, do you take your medication?	Yes	88.7	81.5
	No	11.3	18.5
5 -Do you refill your prescriptions before running out of medicine?	Yes	77.4	77.8
	No	22.6	22.2
6 - Do you take your medication with you when you travel?	Yes	98.1	96.3
6 - Do you take your medication with you when you travel?	No	1.9	3.7
7 - Do you take your medication when you know that your HTN is under control?	Yes	100.0	100.0
	No	0.0	0.0
8 - Do you refrain from taking your medication when you drink alcohol?	Yes	1.9	14.5
	No	98.1	85.5
9 – Have you not taken any medication for HTN over the last few days?	Yes	3.8	25.9
	No	96.2	74.1
10 – Have you missed a doctor’s appointment over the last six month?	Yes	22.6	37.0
	No	77.4	63.0

Table 3: Distribution of patients with HTN by gender according to responses to a questionnaire to evaluate medication compliance.