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Table 2 Interviewee characteristics

From: Towards an understanding of the burdens of medication management affecting older people: the MEMORABLE realist synthesis

Group

Number

Male/female

Age range / mean

Practitioner roles

Older people 60 years+, multi-morbidity, polypharmacy

13

7/6

60–84/ 73

 

Family carers

16

5/11

N/A

Practitioners (health and care)

21

N/A

N/A

Doctors: 2 consultant geriatricians, 2 general practitioners.

Nurses: 5: including a nurse manager, specialist nurses, community matrons.

Pharmacy staff: 3: head of service, clinical pharmacist, pharmacy technician.

Social worker: 1

Care providers: 7: including managers, assessors, team leaders and front-line staff.

Strategic manager (health and care): 1