Effect of Educational Intervention on Knowledge and Level of Adherence among Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 5

Regression coefficients based on multiple regression-dependent variables: adherence.

Variable	value	Coefficient	95% confidence interval
			Lower bound	Upper bound
Intercept	0.000	1130.494	1006.416	1254.573
Age	0.602	−0.272	−1.300	0.756
Gender
Female	0.775	4.623	−27.338	36.583
Male		Reference
Vintage
<3 months	0.222	36.940	−22.554	96.434
>1 year	0.138	22.569	−7.374	52.512
3 months to 1 year ref		Reference
Education
Graduation	0.879	−5.546	−77.426	66.334
Higher secondary	0.130	−58.537	−134.600	17.526
Less than higher secondary	0.969	−1.424	−73.810	70.963
No education	0.892	5.698	−76.909	88.305
PG and above		Reference
Employment status
Employed	0.803	−3.779	−33.659	26.101
Retired	0.556	15.211	−35.710	66.132
Unemployed		Reference
Socioeconomic status
High	0.053	−46.193	−93.003	0.616
Low	0.224	−17.742	−46.442	10.957
Middle		Reference
Comorbidity
Cardiac	0.025	108.725	14.131	203.319
Diabetes	0.371	50.364	−60.683	161.411
HTN	0.183	44.274	−21.206	109.754
HTN and diabetes	0.132	50.920	−15.584	117.423
No comorbidity	0.029	94.290	9.991	178.589
Others		Reference
Etiology
Diabetes	0.760	6.090	−33.344	45.525
Diabetes and HTN	0.156	−47.313	−112.951	18.326
HTN	0.882	−3.159	−45.034	38.716
Medications	0.819	6.246	−47.496	59.988
Unknown etiology		Reference
Mode of payment
Self-pay	0.605	14.207	−40.072	68.487
ECHS	0.503	44.478	−86.391	175.347
Employer	0.485	−62.032	−237.261	113.197
ESI	0.221	−36.232	−94.519	22.054
Private insurance	0.646	−16.179	−85.643	53.285
Scheme	0.752	−10.329	−74.955	54.298
Trust		Reference