Table 1 Patient, caregiver and care recipient demographics
From: Attitudinal predictors of older peoples’ and caregivers’ desire to deprescribe in hospital
Patient participants | |
|---|---|
Median (IQ) age | 87.0 (83.0, 90.0) |
Number (%) female | 34 (45.3) |
Median (IQ) number of pre-admission medicines | 8.0 (6.0, 10.0) |
Caregiver participants | |
Relationship to care recipient | |
Number (%) spouse or partner | 35 (46.1) |
Number (%) non-spouse or partner relative | 41 (53.9) |
Median (IQ) caregiver age | 70.0 (57.0, 83.0) |
Median (IQ) care recipient age | 86 (83.0, 89.0) |
Number (%) female caregivers | 47 (61.8) |
Number (%) female caregivers | 48 (63.2) |
Median (IQ) number of pre-admission medicines prescribed to care recipient | 8.0 (6.0, 10.3) |