Table 2 Relationship between independent variables and proportion of appropriately adjusted prescription entries per patient in Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 2013
Variables | All medications per patient were inappropriately adjusted | P-value | OR (95 %) CI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | COR | AOR | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 10 | 19 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Female | 7 | 18 | 0.446 | 0.74 (0.23,2.36) | 0.35 (0.04,3.35) |
Age | |||||
18-29 | 6 | 9 | 0.281 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
30-39 | 1 | 4 | 0.551 | 0.56 (0.11,3.02) | 0.59 (0.03,14.21) |
40-49 | 4 | 6 | 0.424 | 1.50 (0.12,19.44) | 2.92 (0.06,127.78) |
50-59 | 3 | 10 | 0.667 | 0.56 (0.09,3.52) | 0.42 (0.023,7.677) |
≥60 | 3 | 8 | 0.043 | 1.25 (0.196,7.96) | 0.58 (0.03,10.10) |
Stage | |||||
Stage 3 | 8 | 31 | - | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Stage 4 | 7 | 4 | 0.99 | 3.88 (0.471,31.91) | 0.73 (0.00,715.2) |
Stage 5 | 2 | 2 | 0.99 | 0.57 (0.06,5.78) | 0.10 (0.00,20.32) |
Weight (mean) | 62.88 | 59.59 | 0.221 | 0.98 (0.93,1.03) | 1.03 (0.92,1.16) |
SCr (mean) | 3.27 | 1.88 | 0.898 | 0.51 (0.31,0.84)a | 0.19 (0.03,1.25) |
BUN (mean) | 103.56 | 80.38 | 0.053 | 0.99 (0.98,1.00) | 1.03 (0.99,1.06) |
Reason of admission | |||||
Renal | 7 | 7 | 0.45 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Non renal | 10 | 30 | 0.33(0.09,1.18) | 0.89 (0.08,10.03) | |
Comorbidity | |||||
Present | 14 | 32 | - | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Absent | 3 | 5 | 0.109 | 1.37 (0.29,6.55) | 0.31 (0.02,5.29) |
No of Med prescribed Per patient (mean) | 4.41 | 6.03 | 0.234 | 1.39 (1.04,1.89)a | 1.39 (0.89,2.19) |
-No of Med need Dose adjustment per patient (mean) | 1.76 | 2.30 | 0.17 | 1.75 (0.89,3.46) | 1.57(0.54,4.55) |