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. 2022 Jan 24;10(1):145–159. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2021.2021917

Table 3.

Zero order correlations among participant characteristics and major categories of drug therapy problems.

Measures Appropriateness problems Effectiveness problems Safety problems Adherence problems Total problems
Demographics          
Age 0.25 0.14 0.07 0.12 0.26*
Sex 0.07 −0.04 −0.13 −0.23 −0.19
Income −0.05 0.04 −0.21 −0.17 −0.27*
Employment −0.01 0.01 −0.12 −0.01 −0.10
Insurance 0.30 0.21 0.17 0.26 0.26
Understanding          
Speak English −0.01 −0.06 −0.02 −0.22 −0.14
Read English 0.00 −0.17 −0.14 −0.11 −0.20
Write English 0.10 −0.12 −0.14 −0.17 −0.17
Difficult Communicate −0.06 0.14 0.11 −0.11 −0.04
Diabetes Quiz −0.01 −0.06 −0.23 −0.25* −0.32*
Social determinants          
Social Support 0.05 0.17 −0.21 −0.24 −0.22
Married 0.00 0.05 −0.32* −0.31* −0.39**
Living Alone 0.07 −0.17 0.05 0.19 −0.13
Physical function          
Current Health −0.01 −0.11 0.22 −0.03 0.21
Change in Health −0.11 −0.06 −0.37** 0.06 −0.25*
Mental health          
Trauma 0.33** 0.13 0.10 −0.14 0.19
Anxiety 0.12 0.02 0.27* −0.10 0.22
Depression 0.22 −0.11 0.28* −0.05 0.26*

*p < .05, **p < .01.