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. 2012 Mar 1;10:34. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-10-34

Table 7.

Represents the results of stepwise regression analysis after inserting the independent variables

Variables r
Pharmacist counseling 0.141 -

Number of chronic medications 0.131

Age 0.054

Sex 0.074 -

By analyzing the stepwise regression, it is noticed that the relation between medication adherence and readmissions is not statistically significant [F (1,73) = 9.43, n.s]. None of the other variables can explain the variance in the number of readmissions