Research Article
Treatment Adherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients from Argentina: A Multicenter Study
Table 3
Univariate and multivariate analysis of variables associated with inadequate adherence to 5-aminosalicylates.
| | Inadequate adherence group () | Adequate adherence group () | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | OR (CI95%) | | OR (CI95%) | |
| Gender (% male) | 39.91 (99/248) | 40.09 (91/227) | 0.9 (0.68-1.43) | 0.9 | | | Age, median (IQR) | 37 (21-72) | 37 (22-68) | N/A | 0.9 | | | Years since diagnosis, median (IQR) | 6 (1-35) | 6.5 (1-34) | N/A | 0.7 | | | Primary level of education (%) | 8.06 (20/248) | 7.49 (17/227) | 1.08 (0.5-2.12) | 0.8 | | | Lives alone (%) | 20.56 (51/248) | 15.42 (35/227) | 1.42 (0.8-2.28) | 0.14 | | | Disability certificate (%) | 24.19 (60/248) | 22.47 (51/227) | 1.1 (0.72-1.68) | 0.6 | | | Health coverage (% union-funded health insurance) | 43.15 (107/248) | 47.58 (108/227) | 0.83 (0.58-1.21) | 0.3 | | | Smoking (%) | 13.31 (33/248) | 12.33 (28/227) | 1.09 (0.63-1.87) | 0.7 | | | History of IBD-related surgery (%) | 11.69 (29/248) | 16.74 (38/227) | 0.65 (0.39-1.12) | 0.1 | 0.77 (0.45–1.31) | 0.3 | History of hospitalization due to IBD (%) | 47.98 (119/248) | 52.42 (119/227) | 0.83 (0.58-1.2) | 0.3 | | | >5 consultations in the last year (%) | 43.95 (109/248) | 45.37 (103/227) | 0.94 (0.65-1.35) | 0.7 | | | Satisfaction with number of consultations (%) | 78.63 (195/248) | 88.11 (200/227) | 0.49 (0.29-0.82) | 0.006 | 0.61 (0.35-1.06) | 0.08 | Perception of easy contact (%) | 79.84 (194/248) | 91.63 (208/227) | 0.36 (0.2-0.64) | 0.001 | 0.43 (0.23–0.81) | 0.01 | Satisfaction with gastroenterologist’s care (%) | 92.34 (229/248) | 94.71 (215/227) | 0.67 (0.32-1.42) | 0.3 | | | Communication with gastroenterologist via email or text messages (%) | 66.53 (165/248) | 77.09 (175/227) | 0.59 (0.39-0.89) | 0.01 | 0.79 (0.51 – 1.24) | 0.3 | Use chronic medication for other indication than IBD (%) | 37.9 (94/248) | 27.75 (63/227) | 1.59 (1.07-2.34) | 0.01 | 1.49 (1.01–2.25) | 0.03 |
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IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; IQR: interquartile range; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Statistically significant associated variables after the multivariate analysis are shown in bold.
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