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. 2021 Oct 19;129(3):258–266. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.10.009

Table 2.

Associations between Demographic, Clinical, and Psychosocial Factors and Mean Adherence and Slope before the Pandemic and 2 Metrics of Change in Adherence after the Onset of the Pandemic

Variable Adherence before Breakpoint
Change in Adherence
Mean Adherence
Slope
% Change in Mean Adherence
Slope
Coefficient P Value Coefficient P Value Coefficient P Value Coefficient P Value
Demographic factors
 Age 0.14 0.21 –0.10 0.40 0.04 0.73 0.17 0.14
 Race (n = 78) 14.43 0.0001 3.56 0.06 1.59 0.21 1.14 0.29
 Sex 0.35 0.55 3.34 0.07 1.51 0.28 0.26 0.61
 Education 0.002 0.97 0.15 0.70 1.50 0.22 0.11 0.74
 Marital status 0.70 0.40 0.06 0.81 0.81 0.37 0.11 0.74
 Employment 0.12 0.73 0.67 0.41 0.18 0.67 1.12 0.29
 Household income (n = 51) 0.74 0.39 1.13 0.29 0.23 0.63 0.50 0.48
Clinical factors
 Mean adherence before breakpoint 1.00 <0.001 0.03 0.77 0.03 0.81 0.14 0.21
 Regimen complexity 0.03 0.79 –0.16 0.15 –0.07 0.55 0.05 0.62
 Comorbidities 2.52 0.11 0.44 0.51 2.45 0.12 0.13 0.72
Psychosocial factors
 Resilience 0.25 0.03 0.06 0.59 –0.09 0.43 0.34 0.002
 Coping (n = 58) –0.21 0.12 0.002 0.99 –0.08 0.56 –0.26 0.05
 Glaucoma illness perception –0.32 0.006 0.06 0.62 –0.04 0.75 –0.09 0.46
 Glaucoma medication self-efficacy 0.17 0.14 0.14 0.23 0.14 0.23 0.13 0.27

Boldface indicates statistical significance.

Spearman ρ.

Wilcoxon test.