Table 5.
Factors associated with Medication Appropriateness Index using the generalized estimating equation
| Variables | B | SE | 95% Wald CI | Hypothesis test
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wald Chi square | df | p-value | ||||
| Intercept | −5.259 | 8.9228 | −22.747, 12.230 | 0.347 | 1 | 0.556 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | −0.023 | 1.2310 | −2.436, 2.390 | 0 | 1 | 0.985 |
| Female | ||||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Other | −2.144 | 1.1447 | −4.388, 0.099 | 3.510 | 1 | 0.061 |
| Chinese | ||||||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single/divorced/widow(er) | −0.978 | 1.0920 | −3.118, 1.162 | 0.802 | 1 | 0.370 |
| Married | ||||||
| Educational level | ||||||
| No formal education | 3.445 | 1.7096 | 0.095, 6.796 | 4.062 | 1 | 0.044* |
| Primary education | 0.872 | 1.4628 | −1.995, 3.739 | 0.356 | 1 | 0.551 |
| Secondary education/diploma/tertiary education | ||||||
| Received income per month | ||||||
| No | 1.420 | 1.7184 | −1.948, 4.788 | 0.683 | 1 | 0.409 |
| Yes | ||||||
| Hospitalization in previous 6 months | ||||||
| No | 1.187 | 0.9965 | −0.767, 3.140 | 1.418 | 1 | 0.234 |
| Yes | ||||||
| Group allocation | ||||||
| Intervention | −5.710 | 1.1397 | −7.943, −3.476 | 25.097 | 1 | <0.001** |
| Control | ||||||
| Age | 0.072 | 0.1345 | −0.192, 0.335 | 0.284 | 1 | 0.594 |
| Number of medications | 2.128 | 0.2513 | 1.635, 2.620 | 71.698 | 1 | <0.001** |
Notes:
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01.
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; SE, standard error.