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Table 3 Patient’s clinical and demographic data associated with non-adherence-

From: Non adherence to inhalational medications and associated factors among patients with asthma in a referral hospital in Ethiopia, using validated tool TAI

Variables

Non - adherence

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Yes

No

COR

AOR

 

Age

 18–30

5

72

1

1

–

 31–45

6

50

0.769 (0.39–1.52)

0.83 (0.35, 1.97)

0.671

 46–64

7

11

0.79 (0.27–2.30)

1.39 (0.20–9.56)

0.545

  > 65

10

3

1.24 (0.28–5.34)

1.38 (0.18–10.22)

0.432

Education level

 Unable to read and write

23

74

1.8 (0.92–3.24)

2.71 (1.62, 7.66)a

0.032

 Primary education

7

24

2.48 (0.37–18.25)

0.08 (0.10–0.79)

0.553

 Secondary education

4

25

0.66 (0.11–3.84)

0.38 (0.03–4.37)

0.653

 Higher education

2

5

1

1

–

Patients clinical data

Previous inhaler education

 Yes

5

49

1

1

–

 No

64

48

2.24 (0.59–8.37)

8.14 (1.27,47.29)a

0.002

Previous history of severe ADR

 Yes

20

11

6.67 (0.61–73.03)

29.87 (1.26, 708.6)a

0.035

 No

26

107

1

1

_

Poly pharmacy

 Present

39

8

2.09 (0.88–4.30)

6.488 (3.310, 15.770)a

0.027

 Absent

28

89

1

1

–

Co-morbidity

 Yes

44

20

0.76 (0.55, 1.03)

4.60 (2.39, 12.945)a

0.026

 No

23

77

1

1

–

  1. COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, ADR adverse drug reactions
  2. a-statically significant