Table 3

Factors associated with having any PRescribing Optimally in Middle-aged People’s Treatments (PROMPT) criteria in population-averaged generalised estimating equations models

Prevalence of any PROMPT criteria (n=919*)
Unadjusted OR (95% CI)Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Follow-up (vs baseline)1.08 (1.01 to 1.15)†0.93 (0.85 to 1.02)
Age (years)1.05 (1.02 to 1.08)†1.02 (0.99 to 1.05)
Female (vs male)1.37 (1.08 to 1.74)†1.44 (1.12 to 1.85)†
Number of regular medicines‡1.33 (1.28 to 1.40)†1.30 (1.24 to 1.37)†
Number of chronic conditions‡1.46 (1.35 to 1.58)†1.12 (1.01 to 1.23)†
Level of education (vs primary)
 Secondary0.85 (0.66 to 1.09)0.91 (0.69 to 1.19)
 Tertiary0.68 (0.49 to 0.96)†0.65 (0.45 to 0.94)†
  • *Self-reported number of medicines was missing at both time points for two(0.2%) participants who were excluded from this analysis.

  • †z score p<0.05.

  • ‡Continuous variables with OR for each one unit increase in the number of regular medicines/chronic conditions.