Medication beliefs predict medication adherence in ambulatory patients with decompensated cirrhosis

Table 5 Crude and multivariable predictors of low medication adherence in patients with decompensated cirrhosis

		Crude		1Multivariable		P value
		OR	95%CI	OR	95%CI
Age ≥ 60 yr		1.20	0.46-3.16	1.79	0.56-5.70	0.325
Gender, male		1.10	0.40-3.04	0.74	0.21-2.58	0.639
Unable to afford medicines		1.85	0.60-5.66	0.88	0.25-3.44	0.857
N-C Differential	≤ 5	4.79	1.74-13.25	3.66	1.18-11.40	0.025
Overuse	≥ 13	1.69	0.59-4.86	0.85	0.23-3.15	0.813
Brief IPQ- treatment control	≤ 8	3.63	1.21-10.88	3.23	0.92-11.39	0.068
Brief IPQ- coherence	≤ 8	13.62	1.74-106.62	8.15	0.98-67.78	0.052
CLDQ-bodily pain (3)	QoL score ≤ 3	2.72	1.02-7.27	1.69	0.54-5.35	0.369
CLDQ-abdominal pain (5)	QoL score ≤ 3	4.19	1.45-12.09	1.73	0.50-6.05	0.389
CLDQ-shortness of breath (6)	QoL score ≤ 3	3.93	1.44-10.71	3.87	1.22-12.25	0.022
CLDQ-irritability (15)	QoL score ≤ 3	3.12	1.08-9.04	1.70	0.47-6.11	0.416
CLDQ-mood swings (19)	QoL score ≤ 3	2.09	0.75-5.82	0.93	0.24-3.58	0.917

¹Odds ratio adjusted for N-C Differential ≤ 5, Brief IPQ-treatment control score ≤ 8, Brief IPQ-coherence score ≤ 8 and CLDQ-shortness of breath score ≤ 3 (indicative of experiencing the symptom “all the time”, “most of the time” or “a good bit of the time”) in the multivariable logistic regression model.