Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for study participants
| Overall N = 3619 n (%) |
No STOPP N = 2496 n (%) |
Any STOPP N = 1123 n (%) |
No START N = 2310 n (%) |
Any START N = 1309 n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years, M (SD) | 74.20 (6.99) | 73.67 (6.88) | 75.37 (7.09) | 73.68 (6.89) | 75.12 (7.06) |
| 65–74 years | 2114 (58.41) | 1532 (61.38) | 582 (51.83) | 1423 (61.60) | 691 (52.79) |
| ≥ 75 years | 1505 (41.59) | 964 (38.62) | 541 (48.17) | 887 (38.40) | 618 (47.21) |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 1667 (46.06) | 1191 (47.72) | 476 (42.39) | 1165 (50.43) | 502 (38.35) |
| Female | 1952 (53.94) | 1305 (52.28) | 647 (57.61) | 1145 (49.57) | 807 (61.65) |
| Education | |||||
| Primary/none | 1194 (32.99) | 763 (30.57) | 431 (38.38) | 761 (32.94) | 433 (33.08) |
| Secondary | 1316 (36.36) | 919 (36.82) | 397 (35.35) | 818 (35.41) | 498 (38.04) |
| Third/higher | 1109 (30.64) | 814 (32.61) | 295 (26.27) | 731 (31.65) | 378 (28.88) |
| Employment statusa | |||||
| Employed | 456 (12.61) | 360 (14.43) | 96 (8.55) | 354 (15.34) | 102 (7.79) |
| Retired | 2559 (70.75) | 1741 (69.81) | 818 (72.84) | 1610 (69.76) | 949 (72.50) |
| Other | 602 (16.64) | 393 (15.76) | 209 (18.61) | 344 (14.90) | 258 (19.71) |
| Health insuranceb | |||||
| Not covered | 122 (4.04) | 100 (4.82) | 22 (2.34) | 87 (4.50) | 35 (3.23) |
| Private insurance only | 734 (24.32) | 585 (28.18) | 149 (15.82) | 518 (26.80) | 216 (19.91) |
| GMS cover only | 1319 (43.70) | 838 (40.37) | 481 (51.06) | 804 (41.59) | 515 (47.47) |
| Dual cover | 843 (27.93) | 553 (26.64) | 290 (30.79) | 524 (27.11) | 319 (29.40) |
| Number of morbidities, M (SD) | 2.36 (1.62) | 2.09 (1.53) | 2.97 (1.66) | 2.00 (1.48) | 2.98 (1.67) |
| Multimorbidity category | |||||
| None | 419 (11.58) | 367 (14.70) | 52 (4.63) | 356 (15.41) | 63 (4.81) |
| 1 chronic condition | 738 (20.39) | 578 (23.16) | 160 (14.25) | 560 (24.24) | 178 (13.60) |
| 2 chronic conditions | 940 (25.97) | 693 (27.76) | 247 (21.99) | 628 (27.19) | 312 (23.83) |
| ≥ 3 chronic conditions | 1522 (42.06) | 858 (34.38) | 664 (59.13) | 766 (33.16) | 756 (57.75) |
| Number of prescribed medications, M (SD) | 4.02 (3.16) | 3.17 (2.73) | 6.09 (3.18) | 3.65 (3.06) | 4.69 (3.21) |
| Polypharmacy category | |||||
| 0–4 medications | 2213 (61.15) | 1822 (73.00) | 391 (34.82) | 1523 (65.93) | 690 (52.71) |
| 5–9 medications | 1188 (32.83) | 614 (24.60) | 574 (51.11) | 679 (29.39) | 509 (38.88) |
| ≥ 10 medications | 218 (6.02) | 60 (2.40) | 158 (14.07) | 108 (4.68) | 110 (8.40) |
aData missing for two participants; b data missing for 601 participants