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

Table 5.

ARMS taking medications and refilling prescriptions: 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 −0.077 −0.431 0.278 0.673 −0.071 −0.463 0.322 0.725
Age (years) 0.008 −0.006 0.021 0.267 0.01 −0.012 0.032 0.358
Place of residence City ref. ref.
Village −0.34 −0.725 0.046 0.086 −0.448 −0.904 0.007 0.055
Civil status Alone ref. ref.
Being in a relationship −0.14 −0.564 0.285 0.52 −0.234 −0.719 0.252 0.347
Education Primary ref. ref.
Vocational −0.698 −1.434 0.038 0.064 −0.859 −1.651 −0.067 0.035 *
Secondary −0.575 −1.293 0.143 0.118 −0.766 −1.547 0.014 0.056
Higher −0.449 −1.196 0.298 0.24 −0.653 −1.517 0.211 0.14
Professional activity Employed ref. ref.
Retiree −0.155 −0.642 0.331 0.532 −0.489 −1.176 0.197 0.164
Pensioner −0.354 −0.876 0.167 0.185 −0.417 −1.016 0.183 0.175
Unemployed −0.763 −2.109 0.583 0.268 −0.508 −1.931 0.915 0.485
Time since transplant (years) 0.001 −0.024 0.025 0.964 −0.004 −0.033 0.025 0.794
Comorbidities Diabetes ref. ref.
−0.054 −0.473 0.364 0.81 −0.007 −0.457 0.443 0.976 0.219
Hypercholesterolemia ref. ref.
−0.425 −1 0.15 0.149 −0.814 −1.458 −0.171 0.014 * 0.73
Hypertension ref. ref.
−0.207 −0.662 0.247 0.372 −0.217 −0.735 0.301 0.413 0.993
Rheumatic diseases ref. ref.
−0.184 −0.675 0.308 0.465 −0.158 −0.725 0.409 0.585 0.384
Other ref. ref.
−0.262 −0.711 0.188 0.255 −0.17 −0.656 0.317 0.495 0.78
Blood concentration of tacrolimus < 5 mg
or ciclosporin < 100 mg
Never ref. ref.
Rare 0.398 −0.064 0.86 0.093 0.306 −0.205 0.818 0.242
Sometimes −0.083 −0.613 0.446 0.758 −0.2 −0.77 0.37 0.493
Often 0.246 −0.349 0.842 0.419 0.308 −0.347 0.964 0.357
Very often −0.087 −0.683 0.509 0.775 −0.298 −0.973 0.378 0.389
AIS [points] −0.012 −0.034 0.01 0.284 −0.005 −0.035 0.026 0.763
HADS Anxiety 0.009 −0.038 0.056 0.709 0.001 −0.07 0.072 0.98 0.371
Depression 0.014 −0.04 0.068 0.619 −0.001 −0.095 0.093 0.982 0.387
WHOQoL-BREF Perception of quality of life −0.094 −0.321 0.133 0.418 −0.025 −0.304 0.254 0.861 0.775
Perception of health −0.128 −0.3 0.044 0.145 −0.171 −0.39 0.049 0.129 0.543
Physical dimension −0.017 −0.084 0.049 0.605 0.076 −0.041 0.193 0.203 0.873
Psychological dimension −0.068 −0.142 0.007 0.078 −0.021 −0.161 0.119 0.77 0.754
Social dimension −0.029 −0.095 0.036 0.381 0.056 −0.044 0.155 0.276 0.148
Environmental dimension −0.094 −0.177 −0.011 0.028 * −0.129 −0.256 −0.002 0.049 * 0.075
TFI Total score 0.044 −0.019 0.108 0.17 0.017 −0.068 0.101 0.698 0.257
Physical components 0.038 −0.043 0.119 0.357
Psychological components 0.035 −0.144 0.215 0.699
Social components 0.276 0.019 0.534 0.037 *
MMSE [points] −0.055 −0.118 0.008 0.088 −0.034 −0.109 0.041 0.369

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).