Table 4 Odds ratio of the association between medication beliefs and poor treatment adherence
From: Factors related to poor adherence in Latvian asthma patients
MARS 5-item scale | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Univariate | Mutivariatec | |||
ORa | (95% CIb) | OR | (95% CI) | |
Necessity | ||||
My health is fully dependent on the asthma medication | 0.58 | (0.36–0.94) | 0.61 | (0.37–1.01) |
Without asthma medication my life would be impossible | 0.64 | (0.41–1.01) | 0.62 | (0.38–1.01) |
Without my asthma medication I would be very ill | 0.71 | (0.45–1.12) | 0.72 | (0.44–1.19) |
My future health depends on my asthma medication | 0.42 | (0.25–0.70) | 0.42 | (0.24–0.74) |
My controlling asthma medication prevents health deterioration | 0.51 | (0.28–0.96) | 0.61 | (0.32–1.17) |
Concerns | ||||
I am concerned by the need to constantly use my asthma medication | 1.69 | (1.07–2.68) | 1.59 | (0.98–2.57) |
I am sometimes concerned by long term effects of my asthma medication | 1.89 | (1.19–3.01) | 2 | (1.22–3.27) |
My asthma medication is incomprehensible to me | 1.03 | (0.60–1.79) | 1.27 | (0.70–2.29) |