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. 2022 Mar 2;11(5):1381. doi: 10.3390/jcm11051381

Table 3.

ARMS overall adherence: simple linear regression and multiple regression analyses.

Feature Simple Linear Model Multiple Model
P 95% CI p P 95% CI p
Gender Women ref. ref.
Men 0.092 −0.415 0.6 0.722 0.133 −0.431 0.698 0.644
Age (years) 0.012 −0.007 0.031 0.219 0.017 −0.014 0.049 0.285
Place of residence City ref. ref.
Village −0.709 −1.256 −0.162 0.012 * −0.733 −1.388 −0.079 0.029 *
Civil status Alone ref. ref.
Being in a relationship −0.018 −0.625 0.59 0.954 −0.086 −0.785 0.612 0.809
Education Primary ref. ref.
Vocational −0.439 −1.494 0.616 0.415 −0.779 −1.918 0.36 0.182
Secondary 0.015 −1.014 1.044 0.978 −0.443 −1.565 0.679 0.44
Higher 0.125 −0.946 1.195 0.82 −0.503 −1.745 0.74 0.429
Professional activity Employed ref. ref.
Retiree −0.34 −1.036 0.356 0.339 −0.662 −1.649 0.325 0.19
Pensioner −0.39 −1.136 0.356 0.307 −0.446 −1.307 0.416 0.312
Unemployed −1.526 −3.451 0.399 0.122 −0.89 −2.937 1.156 0.395
Time since transplant (years) 0.022 −0.013 0.057 0.213 0.024 −0.018 0.066 0.262
Comorbidities Diabetes No ref. ref.
Yes −0.34 −0.937 0.257 0.266 −0.407 −1.054 0.24 0.219
Hypercholesterolemia No ref. ref.
Yes 0.375 −0.45 1.201 0.374 −0.163 −1.089 0.762 0.73
Hypertension No ref. ref.
Yes 0.084 −0.567 0.735 0.81 0.003 −0.742 0.748 0.993
Rheumatic diseases No ref. ref.
Yes −0.137 −0.841 0.568 0.704 −0.363 −1.178 0.452 0.384
Other No ref. ref.
Yes −0.104 −0.749 0.54 0.751 0.1 −0.6 0.81 0.78
Blood concentration of tacrolimus < 5 mg
or ciclosporin < 100 mg
Never ref. ref.
Rare 0.619 −0.042 1.28 0.068 0.388 −0.348 1.124 0.303
Sometimes 0.095 −0.664 0.853 0.807 −0.064 −0.884 0.756 0.879
Often 0.519 −0.334 1.372 0.234 0.553 −0.389 1.495 0.252
Very often 0.061 −0.792 0.913 0.889 −0.304 −1.276 0.668 0.541
AIS [points] −0.035 −0.066 −0.005 0.025 * −0.016 −0.06 0.027 0.464
HADS Anxiety [points] 0.035 −0.033 0.102 0.315 −0.047 −0.149 0.055 0.371
Depression [points] 0.064 −0.012 0.141 0.101 0.06 −0.075 0.195 0.387
WHOQoL-BREF Perception of
quality of life
[points] −0.19 −0.514 0.134 0.252 −0.059 −0.46 0.343 0.775
Perception of health [points] −0.251 −0.495 −0.006 0.046 * −0.098 −0.413 0.217 0.543
Physical dimension [points] −0.108 −0.201 −0.014 0.025 * −0.014 −0.181 0.154 0.873
Psychological dimension [points] −0.113 −0.22 −0.006 0.039 * 0.032 −0.169 0.233 0.754
Social dimension [points] −0.052 −0.146 0.042 0.282 0.106 −0.037 0.25 0.148
Environmental dimension [points] −0.167 −0.285 −0.048 0.006 * −0.167 −0.35 0.016 0.075
TFI Total score [points] 0.094 0.004 0.185 0.041 * 0.07 −0.051 0.192 0.257
Physical components [points] 0.076 −0.04 0.191 0.2
Psychological components [points] 0.228 −0.027 0.483 0.081
Social components [points] 0.315 −0.055 0.685 0.097
MMSE [points] −0.008 −0.098 0.083 0.865 0.049 −0.059 0.157 0.371

Abbreviations: P, parameter; 95% CI, confidence interval; p, statistical significance, ARMS; Adherence to Refills and Medications Scale; AIS, Acceptance of Illness Scale; HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; WHOQoL-BREF, World Health Organization Quality of Life—Short Form; TFI, Tilburg Frailty Indicator; and MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination. Notes: * Statistical significance (p < 0.05).