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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: “It’s so hard taking pills when you don’t know what they’re for”: a qualitative study of patients’ medicine taking behaviours and conceptualisation of medicines in the context of rheumatoid arthritis

Code

Age

(yrs)

Gender

Diagnosesa

Home language

Education level

Employment status

P1

54

F

RA

isiZulu

Grade 10

Fruit & Veg packer

P2

69

F

RA, DM, HT

isiXhosa

Grade 4

Unemployed

P3

73

F

RA, HT

Sesotho

Grade 6

Pensioner

P4

40

F

RA

Setswana

Tertiary

Unemployed

P5

57

F

RA, HT, Ch

English

Grade 12

Unemployed

P6

66

F

RA, DM, HT

Setswana

Grade 9

Pensioner

P7

44

F

RA, HT

isiZulu

Grade 12

Unemployed

P8

64

F

RA

isiZulu

Grade 8

Pensioner

P9

23

F

RA

Sesotho

Grade 12

Waitress

P10

60

F

RA, HT

Xitsonga

Grade 8

Unemployed

P11

27

F

RA

isiXhosa

Tertiary

Admin clerk

P12

76

F

RA, HT

Setswana

Grade 10

Pensioner

P13

59

F

RA, HT

Setswana

Grade 10

Unemployed

P14

46

F

RA

Sesotho

Grade 12

Unemployed

P15

57

F

RA, DM, HT, Ch

Sesotho

Grade 10

Unemployed

P16

59

F

RA, EP, HT, Allergy

Setswana

Grade 8

Pensioner

P17

49

F

RA, HIV

Sepedi

Grade 11

Unemployed

P18

48

F

RA

English

Grade 11

Labeller

  1. a HT Hypertension, DM Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, EP Epilepsy, Ch Hyperlipidaemia, HIV human immunodeficiency virus infection