Table 4.
Associations of cognitive and emotional illness indicators and poor treatment adherence measured using three different scores in asthma patients in Latvia
| Morisky scale | MARS (5-item) | MARS (10-item) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusteda | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||||||
| OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | OR | (95% CI) | |
| How much does your illness affect your life? | 0.98 | (0.90–1.07) | 0.99 | (0.89–1.08) | 0.96 | (0.88–1.05) | 0.96 | (0.88–1.05) | 0.96 | (0.88–1.05) | 0.96 | (0.88–1.05) |
| How long do you think your illness will continue? | 0.96 | (0.87–1.06) | 0.97 | (0.88–1.07) | 0.96 | (0.87–1.05) | 0.98 | (0.89–1.08) | 0.96 | (0.87–1.05) | 0.98 | (0.89–1.08) |
| How much control do you feel you have over your illness? | 0.94 | (0.85–1.04) | 0.95 | (0.85–1.06) | 0.98 | (0.89–1.08) | 0.98 | (0.88–1.08) | 0.98 | (0.89–1.08) | 0.98 | (0.88–1.08) |
| How much do you think your treatment can help your illness? | 0.99 | (0.89–1.10) | 1 | (0.89–1.12) | 0.96 | (0.86–1.07) | 0.96 | (0.85–1.07) | 0.96 | (0.86–1.07) | 0.96 | (0.85–1.07) |
| How much do you experience symptoms from your illness? | 1.04 | (0.95–1.13) | 1.03 | (0.94–1.13) | 1.01 | (0.93–1.10) | 1.01 | (0.92–1.11) | 1.01 | (0.93–1.10) | 1.01 | (0.92–1.11) |
| How concerned are you about your illness? | 1.02 | (0.95–1.10) | 1.03 | (0.96–1.11) | 0.99 | (0.93–1.07) | 1.01 | (0.94–1.09) | 0.99 | (0.93–1.07) | 1.01 | (0.94–1.09) |
| How well do you feel you understand your illness? | 1.05 | (0.97–1.14) | 1.05 | (0.96–1.14) | 1.06 | (0.98–1.15) | 0.98 | (0.97–1.15) | 1.06 | (0.98–1.15) | 1.05 | (0.97–1.15) |
| How much does your illness affect you emotionally?(e.g. does it make you angry, scared, upset or depressed?) | 1.03 | (0.97–1.11) | 1.05 | (0.98–1.13) | 1.03 | (0.96–1.10) | 1.03 | (0.96–1.11) | 1.03 | (0.96–1.10) | 1.03 | (0.96–1.11) |
OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
a Adjusted for age, education and income