Table 3.
Predictors of tablet refusal.
| Patient-level descriptors | Visits (n=1026), n (%) | Tablet refused (proportion of visits), n (%) | Odds ratio (95% CI) | |
| Age |
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<65 years old | 750 (73.1) | 208 (27.7) | reference |
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≥65 years old | 276 (26.9) | 139 (50.4) | 2.30 (1.33-3.95) |
| Sex |
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Male | 263 (25.6) | 81 (30.8) | reference |
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Female | 763 (74.4) | 266 (34.9) | 1.18 (0.68-2.06) |
| Current asthma medication prescription |
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No asthma medications | 218 (21.3) | 90 (41.3) | reference |
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Any asthma medication | 808 (78.7) | 257 (31.8) | 0.55 (0.30-0.99) |
| Smoking status |
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Lifelong nonsmoker | 489 (47.7) | 161 (32.9) | reference |
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Current or former smoker | 432 (42.1) | 136 (31.5) | 0.84 (0.48-1.46) |
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Smoking history not documented | 105 (10.2) | 50 (47.6) | 1.74 (0.79-3.83) |
| Physician-documented diagnosis of COPDa |
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Absent | 887 (86.5) | 274 (30.9) | reference |
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Present | 139 (13.5) | 73 (52.5) | 2.22 (1.05-4.67) |
| Physician-documented diagnosis of asthma |
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Absent | 310 (30.2) | 106 (34.2) | reference |
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Present | 716 (69.8) | 241 (33.7) | 1.13 (0.68-1.89) |
| Prior ERb visit or hospitalization for asthma |
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No | 951 (92.7) | 330 (34.7) | reference |
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Yes | 75 (7.3) | 17 (22.7) | 0.59 (0.15-2.32) |
| Clinic site |
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Site 2 | 169 (16.5) | 35 (20.7) | reference |
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Site 1 | 857 (83.5) | 312 (36.4) | 1.63 (0.79-3.35) |
aCOPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
bER: emergency room.