From: Feedback of patient survey on medication improves the management of polypharmacy: a pilot trial
Polypharmacy group (n = 138) | Non polypharmacy group (n = 269) | p-value | |
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Age ≧ 75, n (%) | 76 (55.1) | 72 (26.8) | < 0.001 |
Male, n (%) | 70 (50.7) | 150 (55.8) | 0.334 |
Number of family doctors ≧ 2, n (%) | 81 (58.7) | 92 (34.2) | < 0.001 |
Feeling prescriptions were necessary, n (%) | 111 (80.5) | 195 (72.1) | 0.079 |
Understanding reason for prescriptions, n (%) | 125 (90.6) | 252 (93.7) | 0.257 |
Anxiety about reducing medicine, n (%) | 66 (47.8) | 165 (39.0) | 0.089 |
Difficulty talking about reducing medicine, n (%) | 34 (24.6) | 33 (12.3) | 0.001 |