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Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 2 Association between low comorbidity medication adherence and the number of unhealthy days for patients with metastatic breast, lung or colorectal cancer

From: The relationship between comorbidity medication adherence and health related quality of life among patients with cancer

Parameter

Incidence rate ratio

95% Confidence interval

P value

Breast cancer (compared to lung cancer)

0.813

0.676

0.978

0.028

Colorectal cancer (compared to lung cancer)

0.793

0.669

0.941

0.008

Age

0.898

0.782

1.033

0.132

Female

0.898

0.756

1.067

0.223

Low comorbidity medication adherence

1.234

1.059

1.439

0.007

Comorbid depression

1.551

1.315

1.830

< 0.001

High comorbidity index

0.963

0.819

1.132

0.647

Dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid

1.123

0.908

1.390

0.284

  1. A negative binomial regression model was used to assess the association between low adherence to comorbidity medications and the number of unhealthy days among patients with metastatic breast, colorectal cancer and lung cancer while controlling for other potentially confounding variables
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