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. 2018 May 29;18:155. doi: 10.1186/s12888-018-1737-4

Table 2.

Results of the multivariate logistic regression (dependent variable: dichotomized adherence (MARS-D), cut-off score = 24), (being adherent vs. being non-adherent)

regression coefficient standard error p-value
(α 0.05)
OR 95% CI
Age in years 0.0170 0.0033 < 0.0001 1.017 1.011–1.024
Sex (female vs male) −0.1557 0.0406 0.0001 0.732 0.625–0.859
Education (≥ 10 years of education vs. <  10 years of education) 0.0026 0.0448 0.9531 1.005 0.843–1.198
Employment status (being employeda vs. not or marginally employed) 0.4507 0.0672 < 0.0001 2.463 1.893–3.206
Global assessment of functioning (GAF) 0.0198 0.0039 < 0.0001 1.02 1.012–1.028
Social desirability (NQ-) −0.6507 0.0562 < 0.0001 0.522 0.467–0.582
Social support 0.0193 0.0032 < 0.0001 1.02 1.013–1.026
Adverse drug effects 0.0382 0.0255 0.1341 1.039 0.988–1.092
Atypical antipsychotics (atypical drugs vs. other drug types) −0.1036 0.0627 0.0987 0.813 0.636–1.039
Typical antipsychotics (typical drugs vs. other drug types) 0.4355 0.0728 < 0.0001 2.389 1.796–3.178

OR odds Ratio, CI confidence interval

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