. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 19.

Published in final edited form as: J Hosp Med. 2011 Oct 31;6(9):488–493. doi: 10.1002/jhm.925

Table 2.

MUQ scores and components at baseline among 790 patients using at least 1 medication

	Median (IQR)

Number of drugs tested	5 (4, 5)
Medication Understanding Questionnaire score^*	2.5 (2.2, 2.8)
Indication	1.0 (0.8, 1.0)
Strength	0.2 (0.1, 0.4)
Units	0.5 (0.4, 0.5)
Frequency	1.0 (0.8, 1.0)

Each medication score could range from 0 to 3. For each medication tested, the components of the score included indication (1 point), strength (0.5 point), units (0.5 point), and frequency (1 point). The patient's overall MUQ score was then the average of the MUQ scores for each medication.