Table 2.
Medicines taken in the previous 4 weeks, by gender.
| Female (n = 86) | Male (n = 31) | Total (n = 117) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine type | Sum | Range | Mean (s.d.) | Sum | Range | Mean (s.d.) | Sum | Range | Mean (s.d.) |
| 1. prescribed by the GP | 320 | 0–13 | 3.8 (3.10) | 88 | 0–10 | 2.8 (2.76) | 408 | 0–13 | 3.5 (3.06) |
| 2. from the pharmacy | 67 | 0–6 | 0.9 (1.17) | 12 | 0–5 | 0.4 (1.0) | 79 | 0–6 | 0.7 (1.13) |
| 3. from ‘other’ sources* | 108 | 0–7 | 1.3 (1.71) | 32 | 0–14 | 1.0 (2.66) | 140 | 0–14 | 1.2 (2.00) |
| 4. nonprescription (2 and 3) | 175 | 0–12 | 2.0 (2.24) | 44 | 0–14 | 1.4 (2.78) | 219 | 0–14 | 1.9 (2.41) |
| Total | 495 | 0–17 | 5.8 (3.81) | 132 | 0–18 | 4.1 (3.95) | 627 | 0–18 | 5.4 (3.91) |
*
e.g. supermarket, health food shop, mail order.