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. 2015 Feb 20;9:327–336. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S74531

Table 5.

Adjusted odds of self-reported reasons for nonadherence among participants with high depressive symptom burden

Condition
Hypertension (n=338)
Dyslipidemia (n=330)
Type 2 diabetes (n=167)
No Item OR FDR-p OR FDR-p OR FDR-p
Negative expectations/worry
4 I worried about taking them for the rest of my life 3.09 0.011 3.63 0.021 4.96 0.105
10 I was afraid of becoming dependent on them 2.38 0.152 2.13 0.119 1.44 0.818
11 I was afraid they may affect my sexual performance 3.09 0.011 2.34 0.084 3.41 0.205
19 I was afraid the medication would interact with other medications I take 2.27 0.108 2.64 0.105 2.79 0.391
Poor memory
2 I forgot 1.44 0.263 1.71 0.116 0.70 0.53
18 I ran out of medication Complex medication regimen 1.54 0.252 1.61 0.206 0.94 0.979
15 I was supposed to take them too many times a day 6.52 0.017 2.40 0.185 3.38 0.348
16 I had other medications to take 3.11 0.011 1.70 0.282 0.98 0.979
Concerns about drug effects
3 The medication caused some side effects 1.42 0.479 2.03 0.116 2.88 0.205
17 They make me need to urinate too often 2.33 0.028 2.04 0.116 3.10 0.252
20 My (lab measure) was too low 1.07 0.854 1.36 0.573 1.57 0.488
21 I was feeling too ill to take them 1.57 0.386 2.76 0.084 1.16 0.922
Does not take condition seriously
13 I felt I did not need them 1.62 0.252 1.45 0.452 1.78 0.445
7 I did not have any symptoms of (condition) 1.26 0.613 1.38 0.503 2.54 0.348
Financial burden
5 They cost a lot of money 2.86 0.011 3.17 0.042 1.96 0.445
Interferes with lifestyle
1 I was busy 1.90 0.126 1.50 0.402 0.86 0.922
6 I came home late 1.22 0.613 0.91 0.85 0.53 0.445
8 I was with friends or family members 1.20 0.621 1.40 0.483 1.02 0.979
9 I was in a public place 1.31 0.613 1.00 0.999 0.64 0.652
12 The time to take them was between my meals 1.31 0.613 1.05 0.951 3.81 0.205

Abbreviations: FDR-p, false discovery rate P-value; OR, odds ratio.