Table 1.
The association between participants' knowledge of the prescribed medication and the adherence to the prescribed drug therapy.
| Likelihood of adherence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | n | % | Drugs OR (CI) | Dose OR (CI) | Regimen OR (CI) | |
| The purpose of treatment | Yes | 198 | 60 | 9.5 (4.5,19.8)*** | 1.8 (1.1,3.1)* | 3.7 (2.2,6.2)*** |
| No | 133 | 40 | ||||
| The consequences of | Yes | 70 | 21 | 12.3 (1.6,93.1)* | 2.3 (1.3,4.2)*** | 1.8 (1.0,3.3)* |
| omission | No | 261 | 79 | |||
| The risk of toxic effect | Yes | 16 | 5 | 108.0 (0.0,911) NS | 0.6 (0.2,1.9) NS | 0.5 (0.2,1.6) NS |
| No | 315 | 95 | ||||
OR=Odds ratio. The OR is higher than 1 when adherence is associated with knowledge about the treatment. CI = 95% confidence interval.
n=number of subjects.
*
P < 0.05.
***
P < 0.001. NS P > 0.05.