Does Medication Sampling Improve Compliance with Brief Advice? Results from a Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 2

Factors associated with receipt of the brief advice^a.

	Ask	Advise	Assess	Assist	All advice
Gender
Male	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Female	1.18^a (0.78–1.77)	0.79 (0.55-1.13)	0.98 (0.72-1.33)	0.68 (0.51-0.91)	0.80 (0.61-1.05)
Insurance
Yes	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
No	0.67 (0.38–1.19)	0.87 (0.51-1.49)	1.25 (0.76-2.06)	1.15 (0.73-1.83)	1.09 (0.71-1.66)
Marital status
Not married	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Married/couple	1.13 (0.74–1.71)	1.24 (0.87-1.76)	0.85 (0.63-1.15)	1.00 (0.75-1.33)	1.10 (0.84-1.45)
Race
White	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Non-White	0.95 (0.59–1.52)	1.45 (0.95-2.20)	1.51 (1.05-2.17)	1.17 (0.83-1.64)	1.40 (1.03-1.90)
Education
>HS	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
High school	0.88 (0.53–1.46)	1.13 (0.77-1.68)	1.10 (0.78-1.56)	1.18 (0.86-1.62)	1.32 (0.97-1.78)
<HS	0.42 (0.25–0.71)	0.89 (0.57-1.40)	0.76 (0.52-1.13)	1.07 (0.73-1.60)	1.00 (0.69-1.44)
Age	0.98 (0.96–0.99)	0.99 (0.97-1.00)	0.98 (0.97-0.99)	1.00 (0.99-1.01)	0.99 (0.98-1.00)

^aBrief advice based on receipt of 4As (arrange not included; see text for the rationale). Data for all cells reflect odds ratios (95% confidence intervals). Odds ratio for each 1 yr increase in age. Note: bold odds ratios (95% CIs) denote .