Factors influencing recycling of unwanted medications
| Characteristic | Model 1b | Age | Information group | ||
| ≤45 years (n=2242) | >45 years (n=529) | Yes | No | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Female | 1.00 (0.80,1.24) | 0.98 (0.77,1.26) | 1.01 (0.64,1.61) | 0.99 (0.78,1.27) | 0.95 (0.57,1.58) |
| Age (years) | |||||
| ≤35 | 1.00 | – | – | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 36–45 | 1.18 (0.92,1.53) | – | – | 1.19 (0.91,1.56) | 1.18 (0.57,2.41) |
| 46–55 | 1.58 (1.08,2.31)* | – | – | 1.49 (0.98,2.26) | 1.87 (0.76,4.58) |
| 56–65 | 4.73 (2.79,8.03)*** | – | – | 2.99 (1.55,5.76)** | 9.91 (3.75,26.19)*** |
| >65 | 5.45 (3.20,9.26)*** | – | – | 4.29 (1.98,9.25)*** | 8.00 (3.10,20.65)*** |
| Education attainment | |||||
| Middle school or below | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| High school | 1.78 (1.18,2.70)** | 1.53 (0.79,2.99) | 1.70 (0.99,2.92) | 1.3 (0.79,2.12) | 3.77 (1.60,8.88)** |
| Bachelor’s degree or above | 1.24 (0.80,1.92) | 1.11 (0.58,2.11) | 0.66 (0.32,1.36) | 1.03 (0.63,1.70) | 1.38 (0.51,3.72) |
| Patients with chronic diseases at home | |||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 0.62 (0.49,0.78)*** | 0.67 (0.52,0.86)** | 0.50 (0.29,0.85)* | 0.66 (0.51,0.85)** | 0.52 (0.29,0.92) |
| The number of medications stored at home | |||||
| ≤10 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| >10 | 0.79 (0.62,1.00) | 0.98 (0.74,1.28) | 0.40 (0.24,0.67)*** | 0.95 (0.73,1.24) | 0.27 (0.14,0.52)*** |
| Households with medical professionals | |||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 1.45 (1.15,1.83)** | 1.72 (1.34,2.21)*** | 0.57 (0.30,1.09) | 1.46 (1.14,1.86)** | 1.65 (0.89,3.08) |
| Receiving information about proper disposal of unwanted medications | |||||
| No | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | – | – |
| Yes | 6.03 (4.54,8.00)*** | 7.11 (4.96,10.19)*** | 4.70 (2.82,7.83)*** | – | – |
| Health risk perception | |||||
| Low | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| High | 1.56 (1.05,2.30)* | 1.60 (1.04,2.47)* | 1.56 (0.61,4.04) | 1.47 (0.96,2.24) | 2.12 (0.75,5.95) |
| Perception of risk to the environment | |||||
| Low | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| High | 3.72 (2.55,5.41)*** | 3.45 (2.28,5.24)*** | 4.71 (1.94,11.43)** | 3.42 (2.29,5.12) | 5.52 (1.96,15.53)** |
| Region of residence | |||||
| Eastern province | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Middle province | 0.92 (0.70,1.21) | 0.95 (0.71,1.28) | 0.99 (0.49,1.99) | 0.95 (0.71,1.28) | 0.79 (0.36,1.74) |
| Western province | 1.34 (1.03,1.75)* | 1.11 (0.82,1.50) | 3.11 (1.59,6.09)** | 1.19 (0.89,1.60) | 1.95 (0.98,3.89) |
Model 1b: in the multivariate logistic regression, age, gender, education attainment, region, having patients with chronic diseases, presence of medical professionals and the number of medications stored, health risk perception and environment risk perception were adjusted, and the dependent variable was whether someone recycled unwanted medications.
–, The item is not applicable.
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.