Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure Medications

Table 3

Hierarchical regression related to epilepsy among participants assessed for medication beliefs and adherence to antiseizure medications.

Block-1	ß-Value	value
AMT	0.42	0.21
Distance	−0.18	0.45
Marital status	−0.80	0.36
Consanguinity	−0.67	0.35
Acceptance of epilepsy	−0.42	0.65
Comorbidity	−1.9	0.03
Block-2	ß-Value	value
AMT	0.37	0.21
Distance	−0.30	0.23
Marital status	−0.27	0.73
Consanguinity	−2.53	0.11
Acceptance of epilepsy	−0.59	0.55
Comorbidity	−0.88	0.34
Restlessness	−0.91	0.33
Dizziness	−2.41	0.04
Headache	1.65	0.15
Fatigue	−0.89	0.21
Block-3	ß-Value	p value
AMT	0.29	0.10
Distance	−1.01	0.02
Marital status	1.89	0.08
Consanguinity	0.89	0.12
Acceptance of epilepsy	−5.01	0.07
Comorbidity	−2.91	0.02
Restlessness	−0.99	0.70
Dizziness	2.41	0.04
Headache	1.83	0.08
Fatigue	2.33	0.07
My health at present depends on my ASMs	0.90	0.10
Life impossible without my ASMs	−2.46	0.02
Without my ASMs, I would become very ill	−0.16	0.26
My health in future depend on my ASMs	0.03	0.93
My ASMs protect me from becoming worse	0.20	0.14
I worry about becoming too dependent on my ASMs in the long-term	0.32	0.07
Having to take my ASMs worries me	0.25	0.10
My ASMs disrupt my life	−1.83	0.04
I sometimes worry about long-term effects of my ASMs	1.17	0.06
My ASMs are a mystery to me	0.82	0.07

Note. AMT: Abbreviated Mental Test; ASMs: antiseizure medications.