TABLE III.
Association of health literacy, beliefs, and cognition with medication adherence
| Adherence
|
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Good (n = 126) | Poor (n = 201) | ||
| Health literacy | |||
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| Limited health literacy, n (%) | 25 (19.8) | 88 (43.8) | <.001 |
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| Illness and medication beliefs | |||
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| Illness beliefs | |||
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| B-IPQ, mean ± SD | 33.8 ± 13.3 | 37.7 ± 12.1 | <.001 |
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| No symptoms no asthma, n (%) | 44 (34.9) | 120 (59.7) | <.001 |
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| Will not always have asthma, n (%) | 21 (16.7) | 75 (37.3) | <.001 |
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| Doctor can cure my asthma, n (%) | 20 (15.9) | 43 (21.4) | .22 |
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| BMQ scores, mean ± SD | |||
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| Necessity score | 11.9 ± 4.3 | 13.5 ± 4.5 | .001 |
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| Concern score | 12.0 ± 4.1 | 14.5 ± 4.2 | <.001 |
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| Cognition | |||
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| Memory | |||
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| WMS-immediate, mean ± SD | 11.1 ± 4.1 | 9.3 ± 4.2 | <.001 |
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| Executive function | |||
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| Trails B, mean ± SD | 161.5 ± 94.0 | 203.7 ± 93.6 | <.001 |
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| Word fluency | |||
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| Animal naming test, mean ± SD | 17.1 ± 6.3 | 15.1 ± 5.1 | <.001 |
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| Processing speed | |||
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| Letter-numbers sequencing, mean ± SD | 7.6 ± 3.7 | 5.9 ± 3.3 | <.001 |