Table 1 Descriptive statistics (unweighted sample size, weighted percentages)
Think they | Do not | Have difficulty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self- | take too many | understand all | taking medications | |||
Characteristics | All | Polypharmacy(a) | medication(b) | medications(c) | medications(d) | as prescribed(e) |
(n = 1,623) | (n = 334) | (n = 862) | (n = 248) | (n = 90) | (n = 105) | |
Sociodemographic variables | ||||||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 681 (44.7) | 158 (24.8) | 339 (45.0) | 132 (27.3) | 46 (7.4) | 42 (7.4) |
Female | 942 (55.3) | 176 (22.5) | 523 (51.7) | 116 (19.6) | 44 (8.8) | 63 (11.6) |
Age group (years) | ||||||
70 – 74 | 789 (43.6) | 123 (18.1) | 447 (52.5) | 126 (26.8) | 34 (5.1) | 43 (7.5) |
75 – 79 | 474 (30.8) | 106 (26.5) | 251 (50.2) | 67 (20.3) | 24 (8.3) | 26 (7.4) |
80 – 85 | 360 (25.6) | 105 (29.1) | 164 (40.5) | 55 (21.3) | 32 (12.8) | 36 (15.6) |
Living situation | ||||||
Not living alone | 906 (65.8) | 161 (21.3) | 503 (49.3) | 135 (23.6) | 44 (7.2) | 58 (10.1) |
Living alone | 717 (34.2) | 173 (27.8) | 359 (47.5) | 113 (22.5) | 46 (9.8) | 47 (8.9) |
Socio-professional category | ||||||
Intermediate/Executive/Intellectual | 771 (38.7) | 142 (19.7) | 443 (53.4) | 114 (23.1) | 32 (5.1) | 35 (5.3) |
Employees | 399 (28.5) | 86 (24.4) | 211 (50.3) | 51 (20.0) | 18 (7.1)) | 30 (13.0) |
Laborers/Farmers/Craftsmen/Traders | 421 (32.8) | 97 (26.1) | 189 (41.7) | 78 (25.0) | 38 (11.9) | 35 (9.4) |
Missing | 32 | |||||
Education level | ||||||
None/Primary | 437 (38.9) | 129 (32.2) | 180 (38.4) | 76 (25.1) | 36 (11.7) | 45 (14.7) |
Secondary | 685 (42.8) | 133 (19.3) | 366 (52.1) | 110 (22.3) | 35 (6.0) | 34 (6.2) |
Post-secondary | 487 (18.3) | 67 (14.2) | 310 (62.7) | 59 (20.9) | 19 (5.5) | 25 (6.7) |
Missing data | 14 | |||||
Income (euros) | ||||||
< 1500 | 394 (30.6) | 109 (31.7) | 182 (43.0) | 69 (24.6) | 35 (11.9) | 31 (11.6) |
1500 – 3000 | 705 (46.2) | 143 (23.1) | 373 (47.1) | 108 (23.5) | 34 (7.2) | 58 (12.1) |
> 3000 | 373 (23.2) | 58 (16.8) | 229 (60.3) | 52 (21.5) | 13 (3.7) | 11 (2.7) |
Missing | 151 | |||||
Health-related variables | ||||||
Self-perceived health | ||||||
Very good/Good | 942 (55.9) | 96 (12.0) | 528 (50.3) | 101 (19.1) | 31 (5.4) | 33 (5.0) |
Very bad/Bad/Fair | 678 (44.1) | 238 (38.2) | 332 (46.5) | 145 (26.6) | 59 (11.0) | 72 (14.6) |
Missing | 3 | |||||
Chronic conditions | ||||||
No | 685 (43.3) | 55 (9.6) | 376 (47.7) | 49 (16.0) | 19 (5.9) | 17 (4.7) |
Yes | 930 (56.7) | 278 (34.1) | 438 (50.0) | 198 (26.5) | 70 (9.3) | 87 (12.3) |
Missing | 8 | |||||
Activity limitation | ||||||
Not limited | 965 (59.3) | 107 (12.4) | 517 (48.4) | 95 (17.6) | 31 (4.6) | 29 (4.1) |
Limited but not severely | 419 (25.9) | 106 (31.1) | 253 (58.4) | 92 (29.9) | 37 (13.4) | 45 (15.5) |
Severely limited | 232 (14.8) | 119 (55.4) | 91 (33.7) | 61 (28.2) | 22 (11.6) | 31 (19.0) |
Missing | 7 | |||||
Frailty status | ||||||
Not frail | 710 (42.4) | 78 (12.9) | 396 (50.9) | 72 (17.8) | 21 (4.8) | 19 (4.0) |
Pre-frail | 722 (43.5) | 155 (22.3) | 398 (52.2) | 126 (23.7) | 39 (7.9) | 53 (9.9) |
Frail | 188 (14.1) | 101 (60.0) | 67 (31.4) | 50 (32.7) | 29 (16.8) | 33 (22.7) |
Missing | 3 | |||||