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Table 3 Association of baseline characteristics with medication management outcome practice (n = 386)

From: Factors predicting home medication management practices among chronically ill older population of selected districts of Nepal

Independent variables

Medication management practice

P-value

Inappropriate

Appropriate

aAge (years)

69(12)

67(10)

0.176

Gender

Male

179(79.2)

47(20.8)

0.714

Female

130(81.2)

30(18.8)

Level of education

Never went to school

186(81.9)

41(18.1)

0.256

Primary

73(81.1)

17(18.9)

Secondary

26(68.4)

12(31.6)

Higher secondary

17(70.8)

7(29.2)

Graduation and above

7(100)

0

Marital status

Married

200(78.4)

55(21.6)

0.329

Single

109(83.2)

22(16.8)

Types of disease

Asthma

40(88.9)

5(11.1)

0.225

Diabetes

56(82.4)

12(17.6)

Hypertension

93(73.8)

33(26.2)

Rheumatic arthritis

10(71.4)

4(28.6)

Other disease

49(84.5)

9(15.5)

Multiple diseases

61(81.3)

14(18.7)

Duration of disease

< 1 years

18(62.1)

11(37.9)

0.002*

1–2 years

46(71.9)

18(28.1)

2–3 years

62(82.7)

13(17.3)

> 3 years

183(83.9)

35(16.1)

Alcohol consumption

Yes

55(83.3)

11(16.7)

0.573

No

254(79.4)

66(20.6)

Smoking

Yes

82(86.3)

13(13.7)

0.107

No

227(78.0)

64(22.0)

Chewing tobacco

Yes

42(79.2)

11(20.8)

1.000

No

267(80.2)

66(19.8)

Go for morning/evening walk or do yoga

Yes

149(78.8)

40(21.2)

0.647

No

160(81.2)

37(18.8)

  1. The values in the column ‘Appropriate’ and ‘Inappropriate’ of the outcome variable inside the small bracket are the percentage within independent variables and those outside the bracket are the count per total unless otherwise marked in variable. aMedian(IQR)& Mann-Whitney U test, *Significant at P < 0.05 and where not marked chi-square test was performed