Table 2 Univariate and multivariate logistic regression of the MedLitRxSE, document and numerical literacy based on adequate ML
From: Age and education as factors associated with medication literacy: a community pharmacy perspective
Univariate logistic regression | P | OR | 95% CI | Multivariate logistic regression* | Wald | P | OR | 95% CI | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||||||
MedLitRxSE | MedLitRxSE | |||||||||||
Education | Education | |||||||||||
Primary or no study | 1 | Primary or no study | 1 | |||||||||
Secondary | < 0.0001 | 10.42 | 5.27 | 20.62 | Secondary | 45.37 | < 0.0001 | 10.42 | 5.27 | 20.61 | ||
University | < 0.0001 | 25.95 | 12.66 | 53.17 | University | 79.11 | < 0.0001 | 25.94 | 12.66 | 53.16 | ||
No Chronic medication | < 0.001 | 2.89 | 1.88 | 4.45 | ||||||||
Document literacy | Document literacy | |||||||||||
Gender | Male | 0.007 | 1.79 | 1.17 | 2.73 | Gender | Male | 2.87 | 0.09 | 1.54 | 0.93 | 256 |
Female | 1 | Female | 1 | |||||||||
Education | Education | |||||||||||
Primary or no study | 1 | Primary or no study | 1 | |||||||||
Secondary | < 0.0001 | 12.65 | 6.52 | 24.55 | Secondary | 54.82 | < 0.0001 | 12.31 | 6.33 | 23.92 | ||
University | < 0.0001 | 27.27 | 13.46 | 55.26 | University | 82.39 | < 0.0001 | 26.56 | 13.08 | 53.92 | ||
Chronic medication | < 0.001 | 2.93 | 1.92 | 4.48 | ||||||||
Numeracy literacy | Numeracy literacy | |||||||||||
Age | < 35 | < 0.0001 | 16.59 | 7.99 | 34.45 | Age | < 35 | 10.48 | 0.01 | 4.22 | 1.76 | 10.11 |
(years) | 35–50 | < 0.0001 | 9.01 | 4.64 | 17.50 | (years) | 35–50 | 11.72 | 0.01 | 3.86 | 1.78 | 8.36 |
51–65 | 0.004 | 3.79 | 1.96 | 7.32 | 51–65 | 8.77 | 0.03 | 3.08 | 1.46 | 6.49 | ||
> 65 | 1 | > 65 | 1 | |||||||||
Education | Education | |||||||||||
Primary or no study | 1 | Primary or no study | 1 | |||||||||
Secondary | < 0.0001 | 8.52 | 5.04 | 14.39 | Secondary | 30.78 | < 0.0001 | 5.35 | 2.96 | 9.69 | ||
University | < 0.0001 | 24.94 | 12.18 | 51.05 | University | 51.43 | < 0.0001 | 16.98 | 7.79 | 36.55 | ||
No Chronic medication | < 0.001 | 4.12 | 2.61 | 6.48 | ||||||||