Table 4. Factors associated with adverse event emergence.

Factor			N	%	Adverse Event Emergence		p-value	ORa	95%CI	p-value
					N	Adverse Event Incidence, %
Overall b			812	100.0	170	20.9
Patient Characteristic
	Sex						0.090c
		Male	248	31.5	43	17.3
		Female	539	68.5	122	22.6
	Age						0.244d
		Mean	58	7.2	10	17.2
		< 75 years	117	14.6	24	20.5
		≥ 75 and < 80 years	227	28.3	44	19.4
		≥ 80 and < 85 years	235	29.3	51	21.7
		≥ 85 and < 90 years	164	20.5	39	23.8
	Nursing care level						0.052c
		Independent/Assistance Required/Nursing Care Levels I-II	454	58.7	87	19.2
		Ⅲ - Ⅴ	320	41.3	80	25.0
	Living Situation						0.395c
		At home, alone	206	25.4	38	18.4
		At home, with spouse	139	17.1	26	18.7
		Home, living with someone else	129	15.9	33	25.6
		Communal living with assisted care / Special nursing home	337	41.6	73	21.7
Number of drugs being taken at the first pharmacist home visit							0.019c
		0 – 9	530	69.6	100	18.9		ref
		10 -	231	30.4	61	26.4		1.51	(1.04, 2.19)	0.030
Treatment adherence at first pharmacist home visit							0.064c
		Not adherent/only taking medication 1–2 times a week	167	21.2	27	16.2	0.562d	0.91	(0.55, 1.51)	0.717
		Forgets to take medication 1–2 times a week	230	29.2	59	25.7		1.55	(1.03, 2.31)	0.034
		Takes medication as directed	390	49.6	79	20.3		ref
Appropriateness of anti-dementia drug therapy							0.009e
		Determined to be not appropriate	42	5.3	16	38.1		2.85	(1.46, 5.60)	0.002
		Determined to be appropriate	753	94.7	147	19.5		ref

a: adjusted for sex and level of nursing care

b: Including subjects from whom responses were not obtained for each factor

c: Chi-square test

d: p for trend

e: Fisher's exact test