Medication Belief and Adherence among Patients with Epilepsy

Table 5

Factors associated with medication adherence among epileptic patients ().

Predictors	Medication adherence		COR (95% CI)	value	AOR (95% CI)	value
	Adherent, n (%)	Nonadherent, n (%)
Age in years
18-30	60 (59.4)	112 (58.6)	1	1	1	1
31-60	36 (35.6)	76 (39.8)	0.99 (0.60-1.64)	0.971	1.83 (0.91-3.69)	0.090
>60	5 (5.0)	3 (1.6)	0.305 (0.07-1.32)	0.113	0.62 (0.07-5.55)	0.671
Social drug use
No	92 (91.1)	157 (82.2)	1	1	1	1
Yes	9 (8.9)	34 (17.8)	2.21 (1.02-4.82)	0.045	0.79 (0.26-2.40)	0.672
Comorbidity
No	85 (84.2)	93 (48.7)	1	1	1	1
Yes	16 (15.8)	98 (51.3)	5.60 (3.06-10.25)	<0.001	3.51 (1.20-10.31)	0.022
Types of seizure
GTC	72 (71.3)	143 (74.9)	1	1	1	1
Focal seizure	14 (13.9)	28 (14.7)	1.85 (0.85-4.05)	0.122	0.43 (0.16-1.16)	0.096
Absence seizure	1 (1.0)	5 (2.6)	1.87 (0.71-4.93)	0.208	0.72 (0.04-13.54)	0.823
Unclassified seizure	14 (13.9)	28 (14.7)	4.67 (0.48-45.04)	0.183	0.57 (0.21-1.55)	0.272
Number of medications
<3	62 (61.4)	80 (41.9)	1	1	1	1
≥3	39 (38.6)	111 (58.1)	2.21 (1.35-3.61)	0.002	0.53 (0.21-1.36)	0.185
Seizure encounter
No	88 (87.1)	71 (37.2)
Yes	13 (12.9)	120 (62.8)	11.44 (5.96-21.96)	<0.001	5.45 (2.48-12.00)	<0.001
Medication necessity belief
High necessity	91 (90.1)	138 (72.3)	1	1	1	1
Low necessity	10 (9.9)	53 (27.7)	6.74 (2.80-16.26)	<0.001	3.38 (1.14-10.00)	0.028
Medication concern belief
Strong concern	17 (16.8)	112 (58.6)	7.00 (3.86-12.71)	<0.001	4.23 (2.07-8.63)	<0.001
Low concern	84 (83.2)	79 (41.4)	1	1	1	1
Over all medication belief
Negative belief	11 (10.9)	104 (54.5)	9.78 (4.92-19.46)	<0.001	4.17 (1.74-10.02)	0.001
Positive belief	90 (89.1)	87 (45.5)	1	1	1	1

COR: crude odds ratio; AOD: adjusted odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; GTC: generalized tonic seizure.