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Table 2 Patient characteristics (n = 41)

From: MediQuit – an electronic deprescribing tool: a pilot study in German primary care; GPs’ and patients’ perspectives

Patients

Total n = 41

Age in years:

mean (S.D.)

77.1 (8.1)

Sex n (%)

 Female

25 (61)

Known to practice in years: mean (S.D.)

11.6 (11.5)

Number of diagnoses mean (S.D.)

8.2 (2.2)

Frail patients according SOFa n (%)

12 (30)

Patients on care dependencyb n (%)

8 (20)

Number of prescribed medicationc mean

(S.D.)

10.9 (3.8)

  1. Legend
  2. a Frailty test according to Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) [17]
  3. b Care dependency status classified by the health insurance fund
  4. c including on demand medication