Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

	MD (%)	Patients (n = 1370)
Age, years [mean ± SD]	0.6	81.5 ± 5 .7
Living alone at home [n(%)]	0.9	659 (48.5%)
Home help [n(%)]	1.5	592 (43.8%)
Falls (≥ 1 in the previous 12 months) [n(%)]	3.0	685 (51.5%)
Difficulty walking [n(%)]	45.7	492 (66.1%)
Recent weight loss [n(%)]	2.2	319 (23.8%)
Hospitalization in the previous 6 months [n(%)]	1.2	321 (23.7%)
Self-reported medical history	3.1
Dementia [n(%)]		74 (5.6%)
Dyslipidemia [n(%)]		652 (49.1%)
Diabetes [n(%)]		445 (33.5%)
Heart failure [n(%)]		320 (24.1%)
Myocardial infarction [n(%)]		186 (14.0%)
LEAOD [n(%)]		108 (8.1%)
Chronic kidney failure [n(%)]		74 (5.6%)
Other [n(%)]		1034 (77.9%)
Number of medications taken daily [mean ± SD]	11.5	9.3 ± 3.2
Number of OTC medications taken daily [median (IQR)]	28.6	0 [0; 1]
Self-reported adverse events [n(%)]	1.7	566 (42.0%)
Self-medication [n(%)]	1.6	426 (31.6%)
Knowledge of what the medications are for	2.6	1084 (81.3%)
Familiarity with medications	11.9
Familiarity with < 25% [n(%)		108 (8.9%)
Familiarity with 25–50% [n(%)]		102 (8.5%)
Familiarity with 50–75% [n(%)]		187 (15.5%)
Familiarity with ≥ 75% [n(%)]		810 (67.1%)
French health insurance adherence questionnaire	2.0
Good adherence [n(%)]		608 (45.3%)
Minor adherence problems [n(%)]		616 (45.9%)
Poor adherence [n(%)]		118 (8.8%)
Difficulties in preparing or administering medications [n(%)]	0	378 (27.6%)
Difficulties in preparing [n(%)]	4.2	164 (12.5%)
Difficulties in administering [n(%)]	3.3	130 (9.8%)
Difficulties in swallowing [n(%)]	1.2	154 (11.4%)

Abbreviations: MD Missing data, SD Standard deviation, LEAOD Lower extremity arterial occlusive disease, OTC Over-the-counter