Table 1 Patients characteristics
From: How much do elders with chronic conditions know about their medications?
N = 412 | |
|---|---|
n (%) | |
Gender | |
M | 221 (54.2%) |
F | 187 (45.8%) |
Missing | 4 |
Age (yr) | Mean: 72.86 ± 7.70 |
Education | |
No formal education | 73 (17.9%) |
Kindergarten | 3 (0.7%) |
Primary school | 150 (36.8%) |
Secondary school | 132 (32.4%) |
University or above | 50 (12.3%) |
Missing | 4 |
Marital status | |
Single | 11 (2.7%) |
Married / Cohabit | 312 (76.7%) |
Widowed / Divorced | 84 (20.6%) |
Missing | 5 |
Employment | |
Not working | 367 (90.2%) |
Full-time | 20 (4.9%) |
Part-time | 20 (4.9%) |
Missing | 5 |
Government allowance | |
Old age allowance | 244 (61.2%) |
Disability allowance | 18 (4.5%) |
CSSA# | 47 (11.8%) |
Others | 11 (2.8%) |
None received | 114 (28.6%) |
Missing | 13 |
Monthly family income ($) | |
No income | 89 (21.8%) |
1–5,000 | 81 (19.9%) |
5,001-10,000 | 39 (9.6%) |
10,001-20,000 | 41 (10.0%) |
20,001-30,000 | 19 (4.6%) |
>30,000 | 17 (4.2%) |
Don't know / Unwilling to answer | 122 (19.9%) |
Missing | 4 |
Living with | |
Family / Relatives | 336 (81.6%) |
Old age home | 9 (2.2%) |
Others | 2 (0.5%) |
Live alone | 62 (15.2%) |
Missing | 3 |