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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2014 Dec 24;122(4):748–754. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.11.001

Table 2.

Multivariable logistic regression results predicting whether the patient is 80% or more adherent during the 60-day period after the visit according to MEMS caps (N=230)

Independent variables Patient is 80% or more adherent
OR (95% CI)
Patient age 1.01 (0.98, 1.04)
Patient gender-female 0.91 (0.40, 2.04)
Patient race-African American 0.37 (0.16, 0.86)*
Glaucoma medication adherence self-efficacy 1.09 (1.02, 1.17)*
Glaucoma outcome expectations 0.99 (0.87, 1.14)
Newly prescribed glaucoma medications 0.42 (0.13, 1.40)
Number of glaucoma medications 0.54 (0.28, 1.04)
Did physician educate about glaucoma 1.06 (0.39, 2.86)
Did physician educate about glaucoma adherence 0.97 (0.31, 3.05)
Did physician educate about the how to administer glaucoma medications 2.17 (0.53, 8.98)
Did physician educate about the purpose of the medications 0.52 (0.16, 1.62)
Did the physician educate about side effects 1.31 (0.44, 3.87)
Does the patient ask one or more questions about glaucoma 0.62 (0.27, 1.45)
Does the patient ask one or more questions about glaucoma medications 1.26 (0.54, 2.96)

Physician age 0.86 (0.28, 2.67)
Physician gender-female 1.00 (0.95, 1.05)

OR=Odds Ratio, 95%CI=95%, Confidence Interval;

*

p<0.05