Table 3.
Demographic characteristics of health care providers.
| Variable | Health care providers (n=11) | ||
| Gender, n (%) | |||
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Male | 2 (18) | |
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Female | 9 (82) | |
| Occupation, n (%) | |||
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Pharmacist | 8 (72) | |
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Pharmacy student | 1 (9) | |
|
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Occupational therapist | 2 (18) | |
| Years of practice | |||
|
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Mean (SD) | 8.8 (10.5) | |
|
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Mode | 1 | |
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Median | 5 | |
|
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Range | 0a-37 | |
| Older adults worked with/dispensed prescriptions for, n (%) | |||
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<10 | 1 (9) | |
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10-20 | 4 (36) | |
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20-30 | 1 (9) | |
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>30 | 5 (46) | |
| Assist older adults with medication taking, n (%) | |||
|
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Yes | 9 (82) | |
|
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No | 2 (18) | |
| Medication aids recommendation, n (%) | |||
|
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Yes | ||
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|
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Total | 11 (100) |
|
|
|
Blister pack | 10 (91) |
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|
|
Pill box/dosette | 6 (55) |
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|
Easy snap cap | 1 (9) |
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|
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Alarm | 3 (27) |
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Phone app | 1 (9) |
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No | 0 (0) | |
aOne health care provider was a pharmacy student and thus had 0 years of practice as a registered pharmacist.