Table 2.

Self-Report of Number of Medications Prescribed to Adolescents in Previous 6 Months and Their Storage Status

	Overall Sample	Male	Female	χ²
Prescribed Medications	230/501=45.9%	120/230=52.2%	110/230=47.8%
Supervised Storage	38/229=16.6%^*	20/119=16.8%^*	18/110=16.4%	0.01 (df=1) NS
Unsupervised Storage	191/229=83.4%^*	99/119=83.2%^*	92/110=83.6%	0.01 (df=1) NS
Prescription pain relievers, anti-anxiety medications, stimulants, and sedatives^†	57/230=24.8%^‡	33/57=57.9%	24/57=42.1%
Supervised Storage	15/57=26.3%	7/33=21.2%	8/24=33.3%	1.05 (df=1) NS
Unsupervised Storage	42/57=73.7%	26/33=78.8%	16/24=66.7%	1.05 (df=1) NS
All other categories of prescription medications^†	198/230=86.1%	103/198=52.0%	95/198=48.0%
Supervised Storage	31/197=15.7%^*	18/102=17.6%^*	13/95=13.7%	0.58 (df=1) NS
Unsupervised Storage	166/197=83.8%^*	84/102=82.4%^*	82/95=86.3%	0.58 (df=1) NS

There was a missing value for storage supervision on 1 male adolescent who was prescribed “other” categories of medications.

^†

Adolescents were prescribed medications in the “pain reliever, etc.” category as well as the “other” category, so total percentages sum to greater than 100%. Adolescents were counted only once in each category, regardless of the number of medications prescribed in that category.

^‡

Four adolescents received two medications in this category, but were counted only once.