Analysis of patients’ thoughts and background factors influencing attitudes toward Deprescribing: interviews to obtain hints for highly satisfying and valid prescriptions

Table 3 Factors influencing wish for deprescribing: Results of logistic regression analysis with forward selection (likelihood ratio)

	Regression coefficient	Significant probability	Odds ratio	95% Confidence Interval
Age	0.068	0.005	1.070	1.021–1.121
Wish to reduce number and types of medications	1.570	0.032	4.807	1.147–20.147
Concerns about side effects	1.393	0.008	4.026	1.427–11.353
Satisfaction	−0.938	0.005	0.391	0.202–0.757
Wish not to have certain medications changed	1.667	0.008	5.297	1.555–18.041

χ2 model Chi-square < 0.05, Hosmer-Lemeshow 0.065, Percentage of positive identification 76.4%

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