Table 3.

Adjusted Associations Between Good Medication Adherence and Illness and Treatment Beliefs^*

	Model 1 OR (95 % CI)	p	Model 2 OR (95 % CI)	p	Model 3 OR (95 % CI)	p
Asthma Illness Beliefs
Identity
No symptoms, no asthma	0.45 (0.25-0.80)	0.01	0.42 (0.23-0.79)	0.01	0.45 (0.23-0.86)	0.02
Timeline
I will not always have asthma	0.40 (0.19-0.84)	0.01	0.39 (0.18-0.86)	0.02	0.46 (0.19-1.07)	0.07
Control
Doctor can cure my asthma	0.63 (0.28-1.45)	0.28	0.80 (0.33-1.97)	0.63	0.96 (0.35-2.67)	0.94
Asthma Treatment Beliefs
Treatment benefit	-		0.74 (0.59-0.94)	0.01	0.73 (0.57-0.94)	0.02
Treatment necessity	-		0.91 (0.85-0.97)	0.01	0.89 (0.83-0.96)	0.003
Treatment concerns	-		0.91 (0.85-0.98)	0.02	0.94 (0.86-1.02)	0.15

*Model 1: Good adherence = Identity + Timeline + Control

Model 2: Good adherence = Model 1 + Treatment benefit + Treatment necessity + Treatment Concerns

Model 3: Good adherence = Model 2 + Age + Sex + Race + Income + Education