Table 3.

Patient Knowledge and Use of Medication

Characteristic	n(%)
Able to name at least one medication	44 (93)*
Able to name all of the medications listed in the medication record	20 (43)
Omitted at least one medication listed as being taken regularly in the medication record	25 (57)
Added at least one medication not listed in the medication record	18 (41)
Able to name purpose of at least one medication	42 (96)
Able to name purpose of each medication	16 (36)
Able to name side effect of at least one medication	10 (23)
Able to name side effect of each medication	0 (0)

^*Two of the 49 patients declined participation at the time of the telephone interview and were excluded from all analyses. Three patients were unable to name any of their medications and were excluded from subsequent analyses.