Table 2.

Participant Demographic Characteristics

Demographic/Variable	Statistic
Age (SD)	75.7 (6.7)
Gender
Male	5 (25%)
Female	15 (75%)
Ethnicity
White/Caucasian	19 (95%)
African-American	1 (5%)
Education
High School / GED	3 (15%)
Some College or Technical School	4 (20%)
College or Technical School Graduate	13 (65%)
Mean Number of Prescribers (Range)	2.1 (0 - 5)
Mean Number of Pharmacies (Range)	1.2 (1 - 3)
Mean Number of Medications (Range)	12.3 (5 - 28)
Overall Health Rating	Participants (%)
Poor	0 (0%)
Fair	3 (15%)
Good	7 (35%)
Very Good	7 (35%)
Excellent	3 (15%)
Health Conditions	Mean (SD)
Number of Conditions (out of 19)	4.1 (3.2)

⁺There were 7 missing values for disease presence, recorded here as “no”