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

Table 4 Regression model for prediction of appropriate home medication management practice (n = 386)

Variables		Reference category	β (SE)	OR(95% CI)	P-value
Duration of disease (P = 0.006*)	< 1 years	> 3 years	1.361 (0.478)	3.901 (1.528 to 9.959)	0.004*
	1–2 years		0.882 (0.353)	2.415 (1.210 to 4.821)	0.012*
	2–3 years		0.025 (0.373)	1.025 (0.493 to 2.131)	0.946
Smoking status	Smokers	Non-smokers	−0.705 (0.342)	2.025 (1.036 to 3.956)	0.039*
Constant			−1.474(0.310)		< 0.001

Model χ² = 0.005, −2Log likelihood = 362.277, Cox & Snell R² = 0.059, Nagelkerke R² = 0.093, p = 0.708 (Hosmer and Lemeshow test)

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