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Variable PMR Clinic EMR Clinic Total χ2* P Value N (%) N (%) N (%) 184 (42%) 249 (58%) 433 Gender 0.25 .66 Female 137 (74%) 180 (72%) 317 (73%) Age (mean ± SD) 52.1 ± 11.5 53.2 ± 17.4 52.7 ± 15.2 t = 0.77 .44 Race/ethnicity 4.62 .33 White 106 (58%) 150 (60%) 256 (59%) Hispanic 25 (14%) 31 (12%) 56 (13%) Black 47 (25%) 62 (25%) 109 (25%) Asian and other 6 (3%) 6 (2%) 12 (3%) Education 67.23 <.001 Less than high school 43 (24%) 13 (5%) 56 (13%) High school 43 (24%) 35 (14%) 78 (18%) Some college 72 (40%) 85 (34%) 157 (37%) College graduate 21 (10%) 84 (34%) 105 (24%) Post-graduate 5 (3%) 32 (13%) 37 (8%) Chief complaint type 0.83 .66 Acute 87 (47%) 131 (53%) 218 (53%) Chronic 54 (29%) 74 (30%) 128 (31%) Health-maintenance 23 (12%) 42 (17%) 65 (16%) Duration of care 15.67 .001 <1 year 72 (40%) 55 (22%) 127 (30%) 1 to 2 year(s) 19 (10%) 39 (16%) 58 (13%) 2 to 3 years 24 (12%) 37 (15%) 61 (14%) >3 years 68 (38%) 118 (47%) 186 (43%) Number of prescribed medications taken per patient (mean ± SD) 6.35 ± 4.26 4.84 ± 3.08 5.48 ± 3.70 t = 4.30 <.001 * χ2 unless otherwise specified.
- Table 2.
ORs and 95% CIs from General Linear Mixed Models Reporting Statistically Significant Differences in Counseling (N = 1090 Medications)
Oral Counseling for Medication Indications Oral Counseling for Medication Indications and Side Effects Written Information plus Oral (MultiMode) Counseling OR CI OR CI OR CI PMR vs EMR 1.75 1.18 to 2.59 1.22 0.77 to 1.94 0.47 0.24 to 0.92 Female vs male — — — — 0.12 0.05 to 0.25 Non-Hispanic vs Hispanic — — — — 2.94 0.96 to 9.00 — Variable not included in the model.
- Table 3.
ORs and 95% CIs from General Linear Mixed Models Reporting Adjusted Effects of Counseling on Medication Outcomes (N = 1090 Medications)
Question for Doctor Medication Fill OR CI OR CI Oral counseling for indications (none vs some) 2.11 1.29 to 3.47 1.05 0.57 to 1.95 Age 0.98 0.96 to 0.99 — — PMR vs EMR — — 2.03 1.06 to 3.89 Oral counseling for medication indications and side effects (none vs some) 0.59 0.34 to 1.04 0.15 0.04 to 0.54 Age 0.98 0.96 to 0.99 — — PMR vs. EMR — — 2.05 1.08 to 3.91 Written information plus oral counseling (none vs some) 0.36 0.18 to 0.73 2.64 1.21 to 5.77 Race/ethnicity (Hispanic vs non-Hispanic) 0.41 0.20 to 0.84 — — Age — — 0.98 0.96 to 1.00 — Variable not included in the model.
