Table 2.

Medicines-related burden and health status.

Table 2: Health status and medication-related burden (n = 459)
Health status		%
Chronic conditions reported by >5% of participants as an indication for medicines use	Cardiovascular problems	89.6
	Diabetes	25.2
	Gastro-intestinal problems	19.0
	Respiratory problems	15.2
	Depression	13.5
	Other neurological and psychiatric problems	14.6
	Thyroid diseases	11.1
	Musculoskeletal problems	9.4
	Auto-immune disease	8.4
	Cancer	5.9
	Kidney failure	5.7
The burden due to the chronic condition(s) 0 = not at all_10 = unbearable	3 or less	34.3
	4-6	33.4
	7 or more	32.3
Hospitalizations	>24 hours last 6 months	25.1
Medicines use		Mean (range)
Number of different medicines per participant per day	All medicines	6.5 (3-20)
	Chronic medicines	5.7 (3-18)
	Administrations (number of tablets, capsules, injections, …)	8.2 (3-32)
		%
The proportion of participants per estimated number of medicines changes last year	No changes	34.6
	1	32.6
	2	18.9
	3	6.4
	4 or more	7.5
Side effects		%
Proportion of participants that experience a significant impact of side effects of medicines on their daily life per frequency category	Always	7.2
	Often	8.7
	Sometimes	19.8
	Seldom	21.8
	Never	41.2