Treatment adherence and health outcomes in patients with bronchiectasis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 6 Linear regression model for the association between adherence and 12 months QOL-B respiratory symptoms ^a

Independent variables	Estimated co-efficient (SE)	95% CI
Adherence to inhaled antibiotics^b	8.13 (5.66)	[-2.96; 19.22]
Adherence to other respiratory medicines^b	-1.94 (5.68)	[-13.06; 9.19]
Adherence to airway clearance^b	-10.77* (5.45)	[-21.45; -0.09]
Age	0.92** (0.32)	[0.29; 1.55]
Gender^c	7.74 (5.83)	[-3.68; 19.17]
Baseline FEV₁% predicted	0.07 (0.12)	[-0.16; 0.31]

^an = 60: 6 participant withdrawals,, 8 participants with insufficient data to calculate adherence to inhaled antibiotics and 1 participant not prescribed other respiratory medicines.
^bAdherent = 1, non-adherent = 0.
^cMale = 1, female = 0.
**p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.
Adjusted R² = 0.16.

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