TABLE 2.

Treatment characteristics of study cohort from “EnPHC-Eva: Facility” Malaysia, 2018-2019 (N = 2,696).

Variable	n (%)
Medication burden
Total number of medications per day, mean (SD)	4.8 (1.7)
Categories, by quantity
1–2	221 (8.2)
3–4	942 (34.9)
5–6	1,081 (40.1)
≥7	452 (16.8)
Number of antidiabetic medications per day, mean (SD)	1.3 (0.7)
Percentage of total medication count, %	27.1
Categories, by quantity
1	1,608 (59.6)
2	935 (34.7)
3–4	153 (5.7)
Medication regimen complexity
Total patient-level MRCI score, mean (SD)	15.1 (4.9)
(i) Dosage form score, mean (SD)	2.0 (1.5)
Percentage of total pMRCI score, %	13.2
(ii) Dosing frequency score, mean (SD)	6.7 (2.4)
Percentage of total pMRCI score, %	44.4
(iii) Additional directions score, mean (SD)	6.4 (2.4)
Percentage of total pMRCI score, %	42.4
Diabetes-specific MRCI, mean (SD)	7.9 (3.0)
Percentage of total pMRCI score, (%)	52.9
(i) Dosage form score, mean (SD)	1.8 (1.2)
Percentage of total dMRCI score, %	22.8
(ii) Dosing frequency score, mean (SD)	3.2 (1.2)
Percentage of total dMRCI score, %	40.5
(iii) Additional directions score, mean (SD)	2.9 (1.3)
Percentage of total dMRCI score, %	36.7
Medication adherence
Patient-level PDC, mean (SD)	0.90 (0.15)
Categories, by PDC level
<80%	512 (19.0)
80–89%	403 (14.9)
≥90%	1,781 (66.1)
Diabetes-specific PDC, mean (SD)	0.91 (0.15)
Categories, by PDC level
<80%	471 (17.5)
80–89%	311 (11.5)
≥90%	1,914 (71.0)

Abbreviations: dMRCI, diabetes-specific medication regimen complexity index; PDC, proportion days covered; pMRCI, patient-level medication regimen complexity index; SD, standard deviation.