Research Article
Pattern and Appropriateness of Medicines Prescribed to Outpatients at a University Hospital in Northwestern Ethiopia
Table 5
Binary logistic test for the predictors of PDDIs, GURH, 2016.
| | Variable | Presence of PDDI | Crude OR 95% CI | Adjusted OR 95% CI | | Yes (%) | No (%) |
| | Sex | | | | | | Male | 28 (43.1) | 37 (56.9) | 1.827 0.949–3.515 | 3.168 1.320–7.601 | | Female | 29 (29.3) | 70 (70.7) | 1 | 1 | | Age group (Years) | | | | | | 18–29 | 13 (22.4) | 45 (77.6) | 1 | 1 | | 30–39 | 14 (31.8) | 30 (68.2) | 1.615 0.667–3.914 | 1.223 0.426–3.516 | | 40–49 | 8 (34.8) | 15 (65.2) | 1.846 0.642–5.312 | 2.181 0.562–8.466 | | 50–59 | 13 (56.5) | 10 (43.5) | 4.500 1.607–12.607 | 6.457 1.921–21.702 | | 60+ | 9 (56.3) | 7 (43.8) | 4.451 1.389–14.264 | 3.972 0.897–17.598 | | Illness/condition | | | | | | New/recently occurred | 21 (39.6) | 32 (60.4) | 1 | 1 | | Chronic/follow-up | 36 (32.4) | 75 (67.6) | 0.731 0.371–1.442 | 0.621 0.263–1.466 | | Number of medicines | | | | | | (mean (SD)) | 3.09 (1.09) | 2.22 (0.48) | 4.718 2.645–8.416 | 6.002 3.068–11.739 |
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