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

Table 4.

ARMS taking medications subscale: simple linear regression and multiple regression analysis.

Feature Simple Linear Model Multiple Model
P 95% CI p P 95% CI p
Gender Women ref. ref.
Men 0.169 −0.193 0.531 0.361 0.204 −0.194 0.602 0.316
Age (years) 0.004 −0.009 0.018 0.526 0.007 −0.015 0.029 0.541
Place of residence City ref. ref.
Village −0.37 −0.763 0.024 0.067 −0.285 −0.746 0.176 0.228
Civil status Alone ref. ref.
Being in a relationship 0.122 −0.312 0.555 0.583 0.147 −0.345 0.64 0.558
Education Primary ref. ref.
Vocational 0.259 −0.492 1.01 0.5 0.08 −0.723 0.883 0.845
Secondary 0.59 −0.142 1.323 0.116 0.323 −0.467 1.114 0.424
Higher 0.574 −0.189 1.336 0.142 0.15 −0.725 1.026 0.737
Professional activity Employed ref. ref.
Retiree −0.185 −0.683 0.314 0.468 −0.173 −0.869 0.523 0.627
Pensioner −0.036 −0.57 0.498 0.895 −0.029 −0.636 0.578 0.925
Unemployed −0.763 −2.142 0.615 0.279 −0.382 −1.824 1.06 0.604
Time since transplant (years) 0.022 −0.003 0.046 0.089 0.028 −0.002 0.057 0.065
Comorbidities Diabetes ref. ref.
−0.286 −0.712 0.14 0.19 −0.4 −0.856 0.056 0.087 0.219
Hypercholesterolemia ref. ref.
0.81 0.219 1.38 0.007 * 0.651 −0.001 1.303 0.052 0.73
Hypertension ref. ref.
0.291 −0.172 0.755 0.219 0.22 −0.305 0.745 0.413 0.993
Rheumatic diseases ref. ref.
0.047 −0.456 0.55 0.855 −0.205 −0.779 0.369 0.485 0.384
Other ref. ref.
0.157 −0.303 0.617 0.503 0.27 −0.224 0.763 0.285 0.78
Blood concentration of tacrolimus < 5 mg
or ciclosporin < 100 mg
Never ref. ref.
Rare 0.221 −0.255 0.697 0.363 0.082 −0.437 0.6 0.758
Sometimes 0.178 −0.367 0.723 0.523 0.136 −0.442 0.714 0.644
Often 0.273 −0.341 0.886 0.385 0.244 −0.419 0.908 0.471
Very often 0.148 −0.466 0.761 0.638 −0.006 −0.691 0.679 0.986
AIS [points] −0.024 −0.046 −0.002 0.037 * −0.012 −0.042 0.019 0.458
HADS Anxiety 0.026 −0.022 0.074 0.298 −0.048 −0.119 0.024 0.196 0.371
Depression 0.051 −0.004 0.105 0.07 0.061 −0.034 0.156 0.211 0.387
WHOQoL-BREF Perception of quality of life −0.096 −0.328 0.136 0.417 −0.034 −0.317 0.249 0.816 0.775
Perception of health −0.122 −0.298 0.053 0.174 0.073 −0.15 0.295 0.523 0.543
Physical dimension −0.09 −0.157 −0.024 0.008 * −0.09 −0.208 0.028 0.138 0.873
Psychological dimension −0.046 −0.122 0.031 0.246 0.053 −0.089 0.195 0.464 0.754
Social dimension −0.022 −0.089 0.045 0.517 0.051 −0.05 0.152 0.326 0.148
Environmental dimension −0.073 −0.158 0.013 0.096 −0.038 −0.167 0.091 0.56 0.075
TFI Total score 0.05 −0.015 0.115 0.132 0.054 −0.032 0.139 0.22 0.257
Physical components 0.038 −0.045 0.12 0.371
Psychological components 0.193 0.011 0.374 0.039 *
Social components 0.039 −0.227 0.305 0.774
MMSE [points] 0.047 −0.017 0.111 0.153 0.084 0.008 0.16 0.032 *

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).