Self-Reported Antidepressant Drug Side Effects, Medication Adherence, and Its Associated Factors among Patients Diagnosed with Depression at the Psychiatric Hospital of Nepal

Table 6

Factors associated with medication adherence.

Variables	Level of adherence		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Optimal	Suboptimal
Sex
Male	24	53	1	1
Female	30	67	1.011 (0.51-1.83)	1.001 (0.31-1.63)
Education
Literate	46	78	1	1
Illiterate	9	41	2.686 (1.09-3.88)	1.342 (0.93-2.82)
Occupation
Employed	27	30	1	1
Unemployed	28	89	2.86 (1.29-3.02)	1.46 (1.16-4.13)
Naranjo score
Possible	12	9	1	1
Probable	30	78	3.46 (1.27-6.18)	2.738 (0.92-5.70)
Severity of ADR
Moderate	48	60	1	1
Severe	5	16	2.56 (0.96-5.31)	1.173 (0.42-3.25)

Significant at . Significant at . Abbreviation: COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; ADR: adverse drug reaction.