Evaluation of medication adherence and medication beliefs and their relation with quality of life in osteoporotic patients with and without vertebral fractures: a path analysis

Erdem Sultanoğlu, Tuba; Ataoğlu, Safinaz

doi:10.1186/s43166-023-00210-z

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 6 Path analysis results

From: Evaluation of medication adherence and medication beliefs and their relation with quality of life in osteoporotic patients with and without vertebral fractures: a path analysis

Dependent variable		Independent variable	β₀	β₁	SE	Test statistic	p
Pain¹	<---	MARS	− 0.138	− 0.111	0.062	− 1.790	0.073
Physical function²	<---	MARS	− 0.051	− 0.059	0.093	− 0.635	0.525
Social function³	<---	MARS	− 0.013	− 0.018	0.116	− 0.156	0.876
General health perception⁴	<---	MARS	− 0.004	− 0.006	0.118	− 0.055	0.956
Mental function⁵	<---	MARS	0.039	0.055	0.116	0.479	0.632
Pain	<---	Spesific necessity	− 0.016	− 0.093	0.463	− 0.202	0.840
Physical function	<---	Spesific necessity	0.020	0.177	0.695	0.255	0.799
Social function	<---	Spesific necessity	0.044	0.474	0.866	0.547	0.584
General health perception	<---	Spesific necessity	0.068	0.736	0.875	0.841	0.401
Mental function	<---	Spesific necessity	0.047	0.491	0.861	0.570	0.568
Pain	<---	Specific concerns	− 0.137	− 0.994	0.559	− 1.780	0.075
Physical function	<---	Specific concerns	− 0.097	− 1.022	0.839	− 1.218	0.223
Social function	<---	Specific concerns	0.086	1.122	1.045	1.073	0.283
General health perception	<---	Specific concerns	0.092	1.209	1.056	1.144	0.253
Mental function	<---	Specific concerns	0.077	0.973	1.039	0.936	0.349
Pain	<---	General harm	− 0.147	− 0.795	0.416	− 1.910	0.056
Physical function	<---	General harm	− 0.167	− 1.316	0.625	− 2.105	0.035
Social function	<---	General harm	− 0.165	− 1.597	0.779	− 2.050	0.040
General health perception	<---	General harm	− 0.153	− 1.492	0.787	− 1.895	0.058
Mental function	<---	General harm	− 0.104	− 0.982	0.775	− 1.268	0.205
Pain	<---	General overuse	0.293	1.781	0.468	3.803	< 0.001
Physical function	<---	General overuse	0.222	1.968	0.704	2.797	0.005
Social function	<---	General overuse	0.178	1.937	0.877	2.209	0.027
General health perception	<---	General overuse	0.167	1.832	0.886	2.068	0.039
Mental function	<---	General overuse	0.117	1.240	0.872	1.423	0.155

P ≤ 0.05; The hypothesized relationships between medication adherance, medication bliefs and health-related quality of life of patients with OP. ¹R² = 0.146; ²R² = 0.090; ³R² = 0.068; ⁴R² = 0.064; ⁴R² = 0.034; β₀ standard regression coefficient; β₁ non-standard regression coefficient, SE standard error, MARS Medication Adherence Report Scale

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