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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Nov 25;68(3):569–575. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16255

Table 3.

Bivariate Associations with Number of Dosing Errors and Regimen Consolidation

Variables # Dosing Errors (n=303) Regimen Consolidation (n=199)
T1 T4 T4–T1 T1 T4 T4–T1
Age
 <60 3.07 (2.9) 5.08 (2.4) 2.01 (3.0) 6.02 (1.6) 6.23 (1.5) 0.22 (1.9)
 60–64 2.72 (2.0) 5.15 (2.0) 2.43 (2.3) 5.86 (1.6) 6.07 (1.5) 0.21 (2.1)
 65–69 2.84(2.3) 4.79 (1.8) 1.96 (2.3) 6.21 (1.9) 6.77 (2.4) 0.56 (1.9)
 70+ 2.87 (2.7) 5.05 (2.2) 2.18 (1.4) 5.90 (1.2) 5.93 (1.7) 0.03 (1.8)
Literacy
 Limited/ Marginal 3.96 (3.2) 6.05 (2.8) 2.09 (3.2) 6.34 (1.9) 6.39 (1.9) 0.05 (2.1)
 Adequate 2.23 (1.7) 4.40 (1.1) 2.17 (1.9) 5.85 (1.4) 6.22 (1.7) 0.37 (1.9)
Sex
 Male 2.90 (3.2) 4.82 (1.6) 1.91 (2.7) 6.25 (1.7) 6.25 (1.6) 0.00 (1.9)
 Female 2.89 (2.2) 5.11 (2.2) 2.23 (2.4) 5.90 (1.6) 6.28 (1.9) 0.38 (2.0)
Race
 White 2.16 (1.7) 4.52 (1.2) 2.36 (2.0) 5.89 (1.4) 6.11 (1.5) 0.23 (1.8)
 Black 4.18 (3.2) 5.86 (2.6) 1.68 (2.9) 6.51 (2.0) 6.59 (2.4) 0.08 (2.3)
 Other 3.86 (2.9) 6.09 (3.7) 2.23 (4.0) 5.17 (0.9) 6.33 (1.8) 1.17 (1.9)
Educational Attainment
 High School or Less 4.75 (4.0) 6.46 (3.2) 1.71 (3.6) 6.57 (1.9) 6.29 (2.4) −0.29 (2.9)
 Some College 3.33 (2.5) 5.11 (1.7) 1.78 (1.9) 6.26 (1.7) 6.32 (1.8) 0.06 (2.0)
 College Graduate 2.49 (1.8) 5.00 (2.3) 2.51 (2.7) 5.89 (1.7) 6.47 (1.9) 0.57 (2.4)
 Graduate Degree 2.24 (1.8) 4.50 (1.1) 2.25 (2.0) 5.85 (1.5) 6.16 (1.6) 0.31 (1.5)

Bolded text indicates results that are statistically significant at p<.05