Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics.
| n | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 258 | 64.7 |
| Male | 141 | 35.3 |
| Living Alone | ||
| No | 197 | 49.4 |
| Yes | 202 | 50.6 |
| Binge Drinking | ||
| No | 357 | 89.5 |
| Yes | 42 | 10.5 |
| Smoking | ||
| No | 346 | 86.7 |
| Yes | 53 | 13.3 |
| Polypharmacy (P) | ||
| No | 98 | 24.6 |
| Yes | 301 | 75.4 |
| Number of Pharmacy | ||
| 1.00 | 286 | 71.7 |
| 2.00 | 86 | 21.6 |
| 3.00 | 15 | 3.8 |
| 4.00 | 8 | 2.0 |
| 6.00 | 1 | 0.3 |
| 7.00 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Number of Health Care Providers | ||
| 1.00 | 124 | 31.1 |
| 2.00 | 122 | 30.6 |
| 3.00 | 91 | 22.8 |
| 4.00 | 37 | 9.3 |
| 5.00 | 15 | 3.8 |
| 6.00 | 5 | 1.3 |
| 7.00 | 2 | 0.5 |
| 8.00 | 3 | 0.8 |
| Mean | SD | |
| Age | 73.52 | 6.98 |
| Educational attainment (1–16) | 12.75 | 2.34 |
| Financial strain | 6.71 | 3.69 |
| Multimorbidity (Number of CDs: 0–10) | 3.45 | 1.80 |
| Number of medications (2–22) | 7.63 | 3.99 |
| Memory function (1–80) | 52.11 | 12.50 |
CDs: Chronic diseases.