Research Article

Drug-Related Problems and Associated Factors among Patients Admitted with Chronic Kidney Disease at Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma Zone, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Prospective Observational Study

Table 6

Binary logistic regression result of predictors of MRPs among CKD patients at JUMC, Jimma Zone, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia, from April 1 to September 30, 2018.

Predictor variableCategoryDRPsCOR (95% CI)AOR (95% CI)-value
YesNo

Age<5043121.001.000.270
≥5038100.926 (0.357–2.400)0.855 (0.241–3.029)

SexMale57161.146 (0.441–2.977)0.816
Female2471.00

BMI≤1828101.00
18.5–24.534100.129 (0.345–5.875)0.772
25–29.91520.106 (0.129–12.129)0.918
≥30310.080 (0.106–12.557)0.999

Duration since diagnosis with CKD in (yrs)<18281.000.634
≥11561.816 (0.156–21.117)

Length of hospital stay<7 days3291.0001.0000.077
≥7 days49132.320 (1.345–3.543)2.720 (2.325–3.543)

Marital statusMarried5391.001.000.023
Single28130.360 (0.136–0.953)0.383 (0.042–0.792)

Educational statusNo formal education2271.001.000.068
Primary school2350.738 (0.246–2.218)0.234 (0.049–1.115)0.291
Secondary school and above36101.294 (0.383–4.371)0.415 (0.081–2.123)0.251

Monthly incomeNo regular income51141.000.166
≥10003080.800 (0.291–2.199)

Place of residenceUrban2891.001.000.252
Rural53131.002.460 (0.713–8.495)

Stage of CKDII, III and IV2970.505 (0.112–1.457)1.000.022
V52151.114 (0.404–3.074)3.941 (1.221–12.715)

Social drug useUser39111.001.000.272
Nonuser42110.750 (0.289–1.944)0.510 (0.153–1.696)

Number of medications<54871.001.000.013
≥533153.871 (1.366–10.994)4.695 (1.370–16.091)

Number of comorbidities<553161.001.000.043
≥52862.029 (0.77–5.350)3.616 (1.015–1.874)