Table 1.

Characteristics of survey respondents (n=367)

Characteristic	Value
Age in years (IQR)	64 (49–70)
Male gender, n (%)	188 (51.2)
Number of medical conditions (IQR)	3 (2–3)
Number of prescription medicines (IQR)	5 (3–7)
Number of over the counter medicines (IQR)	2 (1–3)
CCI (IQR)	3 (0–4)
MRCI (IQR)	9 (7–13)
Total DBI (IQR)	0.5 (0–0.9)
DBI>0 (IQR)	0.9 (0.7–1.6)
Age <65 years, median (IQR)	1.2 (1.01)
Age ≥65 years median (IQR)	0.7 (0.8)
DBI categories
DBI 0, n (%)	132 (47.1)
DBI 0–1, n (%)	81 (28.9)
DBI >1, n (%)	67 (23.9)

CCI, Charlson’s Comorbidity Index; DBI, Drug Burden Index; MRCI, Medication Regimen Complexity Index.