Table 2.
Respondent Characteristics Associated with Awareness and Actions Related to Medication Harms and Deprescribing
| Characteristic | Aware of Harmful Medications | Aware of Deprescribing | Initiated a Deprescribing Conversation | Information‐Seeking on Medication Harms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | P‐Value for Difference | % (95% CI) | P ‐Value for Difference | % (95% CI) | P ‐Value for Difference | % (95% CI) | P‐Value for Difference | |
| Agea | ||||||||
| 65–79 (n = 1,890) | 66.2 (64.1–68.4) | .15 | 7.2 (6.1–8.4) | .09 | 43.9 (41.6–46.2) | .003 | 52.6 (50.3–54.9) | <.001 |
| ≥80 (n = 710) | 63.1 (59.5–66.8) | 5.3 (3.6–6.9) | 37.3 (33.7–41.0) | 36.8 (33.2–40.3) | ||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male (n = 898) | 60.0 (56.8–63.2) | <.001 | 8.0 (6.2–9.8) | .11 | 34.7 (31.4–37.9) | <.001 | 43.3 (40.0–46.5) | <.001 |
| Female (n = 1,767) | 67.9 (65.7–70.1) | 6.3 (5.2–7.4) | 45.3 (42.9–47.7) | 51.2 (48.8–53.5) | ||||
| Language | ||||||||
| English (n = 2,031) | 72.6 (70.6–74.5) | <.001 | 7.5 (6.3–8.6) | .02 | 41.3 (39.0–43.5) | .36 | 50.9 (48.7–53.1) | <.001 |
| French (n = 634) | 42.1 (38.3–46.0) | 4.9 (3.2–6.6) | 43.4 (39.4–47.4) | 40.9 (37.1–44.7) | ||||
| Number of medicationsa | ||||||||
| 0 (n = 114) | 64.8 (56.0–73.7) | .09 | 7.8 (2.9–12.7) | .47 | 51.2 (42.0–60.4) | .002 | 60.7 (51.7–69.7) | .06 |
| 1–4 (n = 1,252) | 65.0 (62.3–67.7) | 6.3 (5.0–7.7) | 40.2 (37.4–43.0) | 48.8 (46.0–51.6) | ||||
| 5–9 (n = 692) | 67.1 (63.6–70.7) | 8.1 (6.0–10.1) | 47.8 (44.0–51.6) | 50.9 (47.2–54.6) | ||||
| ≥10 (n = 258) | 58.2 (52.2–64.2) | 6.3 (3.3–9.2) | 48.6 (42.1–55.1) | 46.1 (40.0–52.2) | ||||
| Total (N = 2,665) | 65.2 (63.4–67.0) | 6.9 (5.9–7.8) | 41.8 (39.8–43.7) | 48.5 (46.6–50.4) | ||||
a
Total does not equal 2,665 because some respondents declined to answer some questions.
CI = confidence interval.