Table 4

Factors associated with side effect reporting for brand switchers and generic switchers

Variable	Brand switchers				Generic switchers
Variable	B	β	P values	95% CI for B	B	β	P values	95% CI for B
Age	0.06	0.18	0.017	0.01 to 0.10	0.01	0.04	0.671	−0.05 to 0.07
Gender	1.41	0.14	0.047	0.02 to 2.79	−0.96	−0.10	0.347	−2.99 to 1.06
Education level	−1.61	−0.20	0.008	−2.81 to –0.42	−1.04	−0.13	0.210	−2.68 to 0.60
Ethnicity	−0.39	−0.03	0.680	−2.23 to 1.46	−1.23	−0.12	0.229	−3.24 to 0.79
Time on previous brand	−0.50	−0.20	0.007	−0.86 to –0.14	0.07	0.03	0.766	−0.37 to 0.50
Perceived efficacy of old brand	0.21	0.12	0.102	−0.04 to 0.46	0.13	0.08	0.461	−0.24 to 0.51
Perceived efficacy of new generic	−0.33	−0.24	0.002	−0.53 to –0.13	−0.52	−0.42	<0.001	−0.79 to –0.24
Perceived sensitivity to medicines	−0.04	−0.05	0.486	−0.16 to 0.08	0.03	0.04	0.718	−0.14 to 0.20
Trust in pharmaceutical agencies	−0.01	−0.02	0.760	−0.07 to 0.06	0.06	0.13	0.245	−0.04 to 0.17
Look up medicine information on internet	−0.05	−0.03	0.664	−0.28 to 0.18	0.16	0.12	0.282	−0.13 to 0.46