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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2009 Dec;47(12):1201–1208. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181adcc1b

TABLE 2.

New Prescription Medication Advising for Spanish-Speaking Latinos by Sociodemographic Characteristics and Health Status

Patient Characteristics Explained Purpose
of Medication (%)		 Explained Medication
Side Effects (%)		 Explained Medication
Directions (%)		 Received Written Medication
Information in Spanish From
Pharmacy (%)		 Medicine Bottle
Label Written
in Spanish (%)
Study sample (n = 777) 72 52 70 44 47
Age 18–29 yr 70 55 73 43 47
Age 30–43 yr 71 48 66 42 46
Age 44+ yrs 74 57 71 48 50
P 0.600 0.125 0.173 0.353 0.556
Female 70 56 68 38 43
Male 72 52 70 45 49
P 0.572 0.274 0.568 0.093 0.229
Married 69 51 67 43 47
Not married 75 54 73 46 48
P 0.090 0.395 0.115 0.415 0.920
US born 66 62 61 57 14
P 0.388 0.223 0.222 0.075 0.849
Education 0–6 yr 77 55 74 44 51
Education 7–11 yr 67 54 68 49 46
Education ≥12 yr 71 49 67 38 44
P 0.041* 0.318 0.144 0.047* 0.263
Below 0.5 poverty level 74 56 78 49 48
Between 0.5 and 1.0
 poverty level		 67 48 48 42 44
Above 1.0 poverty level 74 54 54 45 48
P 0.205 0.263 0.065 0.383 0.701
Insured 71 53 68 45 48
Not Insured 74 51 75 40 46
P 0.471 0.485 0.042* 0.210 0.611
Health very good/excellent 71 51 69 41 46
Health status good 69 53 71 44 43
Health status fair/poor 73 53 69 45 50
P 0.513 0.951 0.813 0.709 0.253
*

P < 0.05.

Bivariate results present percentages of patients in each predictor category (left hand column) that reported receiving respective new medication advice. Tests for associations are by Pearson χ2 tests (DF = 2).