Table 3 Logistic regression model results
Outcome: Having received information about the new treatment by the hospital physician | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | OR | SE | 95% CI | p |
Log likelihood = − 275.2, Chi square = 116.2, p < 0.0001 | ||||
Hospital | ||||
Academic (reference) | 1.00 | |||
Non Academic | 0.28 | 0.06 | 0.18–0.43 | < 0.001 |
Need for more information about therapy | ||||
No (reference) | 1.00 | |||
Yes | 0.42 | 0.93 | 0.28–0.65 | < 0.001 |
Knowledge about behaviour in case of having taken the wrong dose of new medication | ||||
No (reference) | 1.00 | |||
Yes | 2.02 | 0.54 | 1.19–3.42 | 0.009 |
Gender | ||||
Male (reference) | 1.00 | |||
Female | 1.83 | 0.43 | 1.16–2.89 | 0.010 |
Favourite person to contact in case of doubt about therapy | ||||
PCP (reference) | 1.00 | |||
Hospital or private specialist | 1.67 | 0.37 | 1.08–2.59 | 0.021 |
Knowledge about duration of treatment with new medication | ||||
No (reference) | 1.00 | |||
Yes | 1.62 | 0.4 | 1.00–2.61 | 0.049 |
Age group, years | ||||
< 65 (reference) | 1.00 | |||
≥ 65 | 1.43 | 0.36 | 0.88–2.34 | 0.148 |
Marital status | ||||
Other (single, separated, etc.) (reference) | 1.00 | |||
Married | 1.35 | 0.35 | 0.81–2.26 | 0.245 |
Number of new prescription drugs | ||||
1 (reference) | 1.00 | |||
> 1 | 0.79 | 0.18 | 0.5–1.22 | 0.288 |
Working activity | ||||
Unemployed or retired (reference) | 1.00 | |||
Employed | 1.37 | 0.42 | 0.75–2.5 | 0.301 |
Knowledge about possible side effects | Backward elimination | |||
Discharge ward | Backward elimination | |||
Knowledge about behavior in case of having forgotten medication intake | Backward elimination | |||