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Table 3 Factors Influencing Polypharmacy (Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis)

From: Feedback of patient survey on medication improves the management of polypharmacy: a pilot trial

Items

OR (95%CI)

p-value

Age (75 or over)

3.14 (2.01–4.91)

< 0.001

Number of family doctors (2 or more)

2.34 (1.50–3.64)

< 0.001

Difficulty talking about reducing medicine

2.21 (1.25–3.90)

0.006

  1. In a multivariate analysis using binomial logistic regression analysis, significant differences were found in the following 3 items: age, medical institutions visited for medical care, and the difficulty that patients had with asking their doctors to deprescribe their medications
  2. OR Odds ratio, 95% CI 95% confidence interval
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