Table 1.

Patients‘Characteristics (N = 288)

Characteristic	Median (Range) or n (%)
Age (years)	76 (27–95)
Female	166 (57.6)
Living alone	110 (38.2)
Highest degree of professional education
None	9 (3.1)
Vocational training	203 (70.5)
Master craftsman	10 (3.5)
University degree	66 (22.9)
Number of medications on the ML	8 (1–19)
Number of medications taken by the patient	9 (3–19)
Age of the ML (days since the ML was issued for the patient)	73 (0–1660)

Abbreviation: ML, medication list.