. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.

Published in final edited form as: Epilepsy Behav. 2015 Apr 4;46:242–245. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.01.034

Table 2.

Association between medication adherence and psychosocial variables.

Variable	r	β (95% CI) ^a
Depression	−.379^**	.203 (−.956–2.309)
Perceived stress	−.299^*	−.038 (.027–.224)
Perceived social support	.346^*	.618 (−.254–.211)^*
Illness beliefs	−.244	-
BMQ-Necessity	.062	-
BMQ-Concerns	−.058	-

r = Pearson correlation coefficient; β = regression coefficient; CI = confidence interval; BMQ = Beliefs About Medicines Questionnaire.

Multivariable model includes variables that are significantly correlated with medication adherence and is adjusted for age, sex, income, seizure frequency, number of antiepileptic medications, time since diagnosis, and antidepressant medication usage.

P<05;

^**

P<01.