Predictors of medication adherence among patients with severe psychiatric disorders: findings from the baseline assessment of a randomized controlled trial (Tecla)

Table 2 Results of the multivariate logistic regression (dependent variable: dichotomized adherence (MARS-D), cut-off score = 24), (being adherent vs. being non-adherent)

	regression coefficient	standard error	p-value (α 0.05)	OR	95% CI
Age in years	0.0170	0.0033	< 0.0001	1.017	1.011–1.024
Sex (female vs male)	−0.1557	0.0406	0.0001	0.732	0.625–0.859
Education (≥ 10 years of education vs. < 10 years of education)	0.0026	0.0448	0.9531	1.005	0.843–1.198
Employment status (being employed^a vs. not or marginally employed)	0.4507	0.0672	< 0.0001	2.463	1.893–3.206
Global assessment of functioning (GAF)	0.0198	0.0039	< 0.0001	1.02	1.012–1.028
Social desirability (NQ-)	−0.6507	0.0562	< 0.0001	0.522	0.467–0.582
Social support	0.0193	0.0032	< 0.0001	1.02	1.013–1.026
Adverse drug effects	0.0382	0.0255	0.1341	1.039	0.988–1.092
Atypical antipsychotics (atypical drugs vs. other drug types)	−0.1036	0.0627	0.0987	0.813	0.636–1.039
Typical antipsychotics (typical drugs vs. other drug types)	0.4355	0.0728	< 0.0001	2.389	1.796–3.178

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