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Table 4 Test of association between predictive variables with the level of asthma control

From: Medication regimen complexity and its impact on medication adherence and asthma control among patients with asthma in Ethiopian referral hospitals

Variable’s

Level of Asthma Control

OR,95%CI

P-value

Uncontrolled (281)

Controlled (114)

COR

p-value

AOR

Asthma-specific MRCI

Mean score (± SD)

16.31 (3.90)

14.59 (3.6)

0.885(0.832,0.941)

 < 0.001

0.895(0.793,1.008)

0.068

Patient-level MRCI

Mean score (± SD)

18.10 (4.48)

16.3 (7.14)

0.918 (0.87,0.968)

0.002

1.04 (0.961,1.1380

0.298

CCI mean score (± SD)

2.49 (1.33)

2.18(1.50)

0.843 (0.712,0.999)

0. 049

1.08 (0.787,1.292)

0.943

Asthma-specific MRCI

 Low asthma MRCI

108

62

3.13 (1.60,6.11)

0.001

0.462 (0.098,2.17)

0.328

 Moderate MRCI

102

40

2.14 (1.06,4.29)

0.032

1.03 (0.394,2.71)

0.946

 High asthma MRCI

71

13

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Patient-level MRCI

 Low total MRCI

85

56

4.66 (2.33,9.32)

 < 0.001

7.84 (1.46,21.3)

0.016

 Moderate total MRCI

111

47

2.99 (1.49,6.00)

0.002

2.83 (1.05,8.25)

0.047

 High total MRCI

85

12

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Adherence

 Non-adherent

257

85

0.26 (0.14,0.47)

 < 0.001

0.21 (0.10,0.44)

 < 0.001

 Adherent

24

30

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Other variables

 Sex

  Male

100

58

1.84 (1.18,2.85)

0.006

1.87 (1.04,3.37)

0.018

  Female

81

57

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 Age

  18–34

53

28

1.84 (0.92,3.70)

0.083

1.10 (0.39,3.39)

0.859

  35–64

165

69

1.46 (0,80,2.65)

0.209

1.21 (0.54,2.3)

0.567

   > 65

63

18

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 Residency

  Rural

82

24

0.64 (0.38,1.07)

0.091

0.060(0.273,1.29)

0.191

  Urban

199

91

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 Marital status

  Single

22

17

3.02 (1.23,7.71)

0.016

1.49 (1.40,5.53)

0.545

  Married

201

85

1.69 (0.83,3.43)

0.145

0.891(0.612,2.22)

0.812

  Divorced

14

2

0.57 (0.11,2.89)

0.449

0.324 (0.055,1.89)

0.211

  window

44

11

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 Educational status

  Unable to read or write

129

37

0.41(0.22,0.74)

0.003

0.494 (0.21,1.16)

0.107

  Grade 1-8th

49

21

0.61 (0.30,1.22)

0.167

0.631 (0.27,1.43)

0.271

  Grade 9-12th

60

27

0.64 (0.33,1.23)

0.187

0.587 (0.27,1.23)

0.167

  Above grade 12th

43

30

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 Employment status

  Employed

116

69

1.93 (0.99,3.65)

0.053

1.39 (0.55,3.54)

0.482

  Student

30

11

1.17 (0.47,2.89)

0.728

0.78 (0.25,2.43)

0.668

  Homemaker

87

20

0.73 (0.34,1.56)

0.426

1.109 (0.39,3.13)

0.846

  Farmer

48

15

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 Comorbidity

  Present

118

34

0.58 (0.36,0.92)

0.022

0.780 (0.385,1.58)

0.491

  Absent

163

81

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 Asthma severity

  Intermittent

19

6

1.94 (0.55,6.86)

0.300

2.146 (0.518,8.89)

0.293

  Mild persistent

71

31

2.69 (1.03,7.03)

0.043

3.469 (1.16,10.29)

0.025

  Moderate persistent

154

72

2.88 (1.16,7.14)

0.022

3.92 (1.406,10.94)

0.009

  Sever persistent

37

6

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  1. OR Odd Ratio, CI Confidence Ineterval