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Table 3 Weighted logistic regression of SMS on decreasing delayed doses

From: Effects of and satisfaction with short message service reminders for patient medication adherence: a randomized controlled study

Variable

OR

  

95% CI

P-value

After SMS intervention

   No (reference)

     

   Yes

3.2

**

2.7

3.7

< .001

Socioeconomic status

Gender

     

   Male (reference)

     

   Female

0.9

 

0.7

1.1

0.197

Age (years)

     

   20 ~ 34 (reference)

     

   35 ~ 49

0.6

**

0.4

0.8

0.001

   50 ~ 64

0.9

 

0.6

1.2

0.419

    65

1.0

 

0.6

1.5

0.955

Education level

     

   Elementary or less (reference)

     

   Junior High School

1.1

 

0.7

1.7

0.641

   High School

2.1

**

1.4

3.2

< .001

   College

1.3

 

0.8

1.9

0.288

   University

0.9

 

0.6

1.5

0.782

   Graduate school or above

0.6

 

0.4

1.1

0.076

Occupation

     

   Unemployed (reference)

     

   Military

1.4

 

0.4

5.3

0.582

   Civil servant

0.9

 

0.5

1.4

0.579

   Teacher

2.1

*

1.2

3.6

0.011

   Student

1.0

 

0.6

1.7

0.938

   Housekeeper

0.6

*

0.4

0.9

0.023

   Self-employed

0.9

 

0.6

1.4

0.611

   Medicine

1.8

 

1.0

3.5

0.064

   Retired

0.7

 

0.4

1.1

0.145

   Freelancer

0.7

 

0.4

1.2

0.234

   Services

1.2

 

0.8

1.8

0.418

   Worker

0.7

 

0.4

1.1

0.078

   A.F.F.H.

2.7

 

0.8

9.7

0.127

   Other

1.1

 

0.5

2.1

0.881

    30,000 NTD (reference)

     

   30,001-60,000 NTD

0.8

*

0.6

1.0

0.043

   60,001-90,000 NTD

1.6

**

1.2

2.1

0.001

   90,001-120,000 NTD

0.8

 

0.6

1.2

0.254

   120,001-150,000 NTD

0.7

 

0.5

1.0

0.062

    150,001 NTD

2.1

**

1.5

3.0

< .001

Marital status

     

   Single (reference)

     

   Married

1.7

**

1.2

2.4

0.005

   Divorced/Separated

0.7

 

0.5

1.1

0.143

   Widowed

0.7

 

0.4

1.2

0.231

Living status

     

   Live with spouse only(reference)

     

   Live with children only

2.7

**

1.8

4.1

< .001

   Live with spouse and children

0.7

**

0.5

0.9

0.006

   Live alone

0.7

*

0.4

1.0

0.049

   Other

1.3

 

0.9

1.9

0.149

Medical history

     

   Heart disease

0.7

**

0.5

0.9

0.001

   Hypertension

0.7

**

0.6

0.9

0.001

   Dialysis

0.6

 

0.3

1.3

0.217

   Stroke

0.5

**

0.4

0.7

< .001

   Peptic ulcer

1.8

**

1.2

2.5

0.002

   Thyroid disease

0.6

**

0.4

0.8

0.001

   Chronic kidney disease

0.7

 

0.4

1.3

0.285

   Hyperlipidemia

1.0

 

0.7

1.5

0.876

   Diabetes

1.0

 

0.8

1.3

0.930

   Gynecology disease

0.9

 

0.4

1.8

0.672

   Asthma/Emphysema

0.8

 

0.4

1.3

0.328

   Urinary disease

1.0

 

0.5

2.0

0.992

   Cancer

3.9

*

1.0

14.8

0.046

   Chronic liver disease

1.3

 

0.9

2.1

0.199

   Gout

1.3

 

0.8

2.1

0.357

   Pneumonia

2.5

 

0.9

7.0

0.090

   Mental or psychiatric disease

1.0

 

0.6

1.6

0.884

   Immunity disease

3.9

**

1.67

9.0

0.002

   Others

0.7

**

0.52

0.8

< .001

  1. N = 1198. Dependent variable: 1 indicates with complete improvement; 0 indicates without complete improvement. Medical history reference group is the participants without this disease; A.F.F.H: agricultural, forestry, fishery or husbandry. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01.