Low Medication Knowledge and Adherence to Oral Chronic Medications among Patients Attending Community Pharmacies: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Low-Income Country

Table 4

Determinants of good medication knowledge.

Variable		Number of patients having good medication knowledge		COR	AOR at 95% CI	p value
		Yes	No
Gender	Male	81	133	1	1	0.082
	Female	73	115	1.042	1.492 [0.950–2.341]
Age	≥65 years old	16	45	1	1	0.427
	<65 years old	138	203	1.912	1.307 [0.675–2.532]
Education	<High school degree	28	130	1	1	<0.001
	≥High school degree	126	118	4.958	5.350 [3.231–8.857]
Duration of medication utilization	<1 year	20	34	1	1	0.442
	≥1 year	134	214	1.064	1.281 [0.682–2.407]

Good medication knowledge: patients with ≥5 medication knowledge score. COR = crude odds ratio; AOR = adjusted odds ratio; 95% CI = confidence interval; significant at .