Adherence to treatment in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis: a cross-sectional, multi-method study investigating the influence of beliefs about treatment and parental depressive symptoms

Table 4 Main effects model for high adherence to chest physiotherapy

Independent variable	B	SE	Odds ratio	95% CI
Increasing age (in years)	-0.20	0.05	0.82*	0.74-0.90
Increasing parental BMQ necessity score	0.05	0.02	1.05*	1.02-1.09

B regression coefficient; SE standard error associated with the coefficient B; *p < 0.05; *p < 0.01; n = 98 (1 case had missing data); BMQ Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire. The model explained between 27.1% (Cox and Snell R square) and 36.2% (Nagelkerke R square) of the variance in adherence status.

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