Research Article
Adherence to Antiplatelet Therapy after Coronary Intervention among Patients with Myocardial Infarction Attending Vietnam National Heart Institute
Table 2
Univariate logistic regression of factors associated with adherence to therapy.
| | Variables | OR (95%CI) |
| | Age group | | | ≥ 60 | 1 | | 31 – 60 | 1.40 (0.63-3.09) | | Sex | | | Female | 1 | | Male | 1.26 (0.56-2.82) | | Education level | | | Intermediate, high school or lower | 1 | | College, university or higher | 1.60 (0.76-3.36) | | Occupation | | | Farmer, informal worker | 1 | | Officer, retired, student | 1.9 (0.84-4.27) | | Income per month ($1≈22,000VND) | | | ≥ 6.000.000VND (≥$272) | 1 | | > 6.000.000VND (<$272) | 1.13 (0.53-2.41) | | Distance to hospital | | | ≥ 50km | 1 | | < 50km | 2.74 (1.15-6.64) | | Taking medicine | | | Irregularly follow the instructions | 1 | | Regularly follow the instructions | 1.07 (0.37-3.10) | | Knowledge of medicine effect | | | Don’t know | 1 | | Know | 2.74 (1.23-6.11) | | Knowledge of time to take medicine | | | Don’t know | 1 | | Know | 2.02 (0.88-4.67) | | Knowledge of consequences when forgetting to take medicine | | | Don’t know | 1 | | Know | 2.90 (0..95-8.90) | | Re-examination | | | Not on time | 1 | | On time | 1.53 (0.42-5.58) | | Knowledge to handle when forget to take medicine | | | Don’t know | 1 | | Know | 2.37 (0.91-6.17) | | Understanding the doctors’ explanations | | | ≤ 50 % | 1 | | >50 % | 1.54 (0.55-4.28) |
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