Table 1 Study population demographic
Demographic characteristics | Standard care n = 393 | POM use n = 338 | P value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Femalea, n (%) | 172 | (44.6) | 141 | (42.0) | 0.48 |
Ageb (mean and standard deviation) | 62.4 | (14.7) | 61.1 | (15.7) | 0.28 |
Marital statusc (n, %) | 0.57 | ||||
- Single | 45 | (11.5) | 46 | (13.7) | |
- Partner, not married | 40 | (10.2) | 37 | (11.0) | |
- Married | 250 | (63.8) | 214 | (63.9) | |
- Divorced | 20 | (5.1) | 18 | (5.4) | |
- Widow/widower | 34 | (8.7) | 19 | (5.7) | |
- Unknown | 3 | (0.8) | 1 | (0.3) | |
Educational leveld (n, %) | 0.27 | ||||
- Elementary school | 25 | (6.4) | 25 | (7.5) | |
- Lower secondary education | 141 | (36.1) | 116 | (34.6) | |
- Upper secondary school | 125 | (32.0) | 95 | (28.4) | |
- Bachelor degree or higher | 98 | (25.1) | 92 | (27.5) | |
- Unknown | 2 | (0.5) | 7 | (2.1) | |
Native Dutch (n, %) | 366 | (93.1) | 325 | (96.2) | 0.07 |
Help with medication management at homee (n, %) | 65 | (22.6) | 45 | (13.6) | < 0.01 |
Adequate self-reported medication usef (n, %): | |||||
01. I always take my prescribed medicine | 351 | (89.3) | 325 | (96.2) | < 0.01 |
02. I always take the prescribed amount of medicine | 358 | (91.1) | 319 | (94.4) | 0.09 |
03. I always use my medicine at the prescribed time | 336 | (85.5) | 296 | (87.6) | 0.41 |