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Table 5 Perceptions of taking medications and ‘excessive threshold’

From: Factors associated with medication amounts considered excessive among university students: a questionnaire survey of pharmacy students and those in non-medical schools

  

Mean (SD)

t value/F value

Effect size

Observed power (1-β)

Experience with family members/close acquaintances who take “too many” medications [n (%)]

 

Yes [412 (44.1)]

No [522 (55.9)]

   

Tablets

4.00 (1.41)

4.38 (1.77)

3.652***

d = 0.23

0.94

Types of medications

3.95 (1.24)

4.04 (1.26)

1.091

-

-

  1. ***p < 0.001