Table 3 Bivariate (crude) and multivariate (adjusted) model of association between adherence and exposure variables
Variable | No. of patients | Adherent | Crude OR | P Value | Adjusted OR | P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 918 | n = 588 (%) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | ||||||
Patient age | |||||||||
< 15 | 561 | 346 | (61.7) | 1.0 (ref) | |||||
≥ 15 | 357 | 242 | (67.8) | 1.31 | (0.96-1.78) | 0.087 | 1.37 | (1.02-1.85) | 0.038 |
Respondent age | |||||||||
13-24 | 284 | 157 | (55.3) | 1.0 (ref) | |||||
25-50 | 546 | 376 | (68.9) | 1.79 | (1.42-2.25) | < 0.0001 | 1.30 | (1.10-2.48) | 0.016 |
≥ 51 | 80 | 49 | (61.3) | 1.28 | (0.84-1.95) | 0.256 | 1.58 | (0.63-2.45) | 0.533 |
Days waited to attend health facility | |||||||||
≤ 1 | 453 | 310 | (68.4) | 1.0 (ref) | |||||
> 1 | 465 | 278 | (59.8) | 0.69 | (0.55-0.85) | 0.001 | 0.73 | (0.54-0.99) | 0.046 |
Respondent seen drug before | |||||||||
No | 123 | 73 | (59.3) | 1.0 (ref) | |||||
Yes | 791 | 513 | (64.9) | 1.26 | (0.87-1.85) | 0.225 | 1.46 | (1.08-1.98) | 0.014 |
Dislikes | |||||||||
No | 811 | 533 | (65.7) | 1.0 (ref) | |||||
Yes | 107 | 55 | (51.4) | 0.55 | (0.35-0.87) | 0.011 | 0.62 | (0.47-0.82) | 0.001 |
Patient number of correct statements | |||||||||
No correct statements | 170 | 87 | (51.2) | 1.0 (ref) | |||||
At least one correct statement | 748 | 501 | (67.0) | 1.94 | (1.49-2.51) | < 0.0001 | 1.76 | (1.32-2.35) | < 0.0001 |