Table 2.
Independent variables |
Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence limits |
P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Types of interventions (type vs. reference) | Lower | Upper | ||
Alteration of the dose vs. refusal to sell the drug | 0.82 | 0.23 | 1.68 | 0.21 |
Provide the patients with instructions about the medications vs. refusal to sell the drug | 2.69 | 1.45 | 5.99 | 0.03 |
Suggest another medication vs. refusal to sell the drug | 1.60 | 0.84 | 3.55 | 0.36 |
Alteration of the duration vs. refusal to sell the drug | 0.68 | 0.23 | 1.57 | 0.19 |
Alteration of the dosage form vs. refusal to sell the drug | 2.59 | 1.73 | 4.88 | 0.47 |
Ask the patient to seek their GP’s advice vs. refusal to sell the drug | 3.66 | 2.45 | 5.96 | 0.01a |
Ask the patient to seek the advice of an addiction specialist vs. refusal to sell the drug | 4.11 | 2.89 | 7.78 | 0.001a |
Clinical significance of interventions | ||||
Significant vs. minor | 2.51 | 1.42 | 3.94 | 0.01a |
Moderate vs. minor | 0.89 | 0.24 | 1.27 | 0.18 |
Abbreviation used: GP, general practitioner.
P values are considered significant.