Adherence and Associated Factors towards Antidiabetic Medication among Type II Diabetic Patients on Follow-Up at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 4
Logistic regression output showing the impact of selected sociodemographic, clinical, and other characteristics on adherence to antidiabetic medications, GUH, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013.
Variables
Adherence status
COR (95% CI)
AOR (95% CI)
Nonadherent
Adherent
Educational status
Cannot read and write
26
46
1
1
Grade 1–6th
6
40
3.76 (1.40, 10.07)
5.25 (1.19, 23.12)
Grade 7–12th
8
64
4.52 (1.87, 10.88)
2.64 (0.64, 10.86)
Certificate and above
3
95
17.89 (5.14, 62.21)
14.27 (3.0, 67.82)
Residence
Urban
26
214
1
Rural
17
31
0.22 (0.10, 0.45)
Type of treatment
OHA
29
152
1
OHA + insulin
9
35
0.74 (0.32, 1.70)
Insulin
5
58
2.21 (0.81, 5.99)
Dosage frequency
Once daily
9
16
1
BID
13
80
3.46 (1.26, 9.45)
TID and above
21
149
3.99 (1.26, 10.7)
Duration of diabetes
<3 years
35
63
1
1
≥3 years
8
182
12.63 (5.56, 28.69)
6.10 (2.03, 18.34)
Duration of treatment
<3 years
37
76
1
3 years
6
169
13.71 (5.55, 33.86)
Number of tabs per day
≤2
20
85
1
>2
23
160
1.63 (0.85, 3.14)
Knowledge towards DM and medications
Not knowledgeable
31
14
1
1
Knowledgeable
12
231
42.62 (18.08, 100.4)
28.05 (8.96, 87.8)
Attitude towards DM and medications
Negative
17
51
1
Positive
26
194
1.43 (0.15, 13.15)
Variables that were significant during bivariate logistic analysis at value ≤ 0.2 but were not significant by backward multivariate logistic regression analysis at value below 0.05. Variables that were found to have significant association both during bivariate and multivariate analysis at value ≤ 0.2 and < 0.05, respectively.
