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. 2023 Jan 23;52(1):afac335. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afac335

Table 2.

Correlations between attitudes and beliefs captured by the rPATDcog questions

rPATDcog questions Q1. Q2. Q3. Q4. Q5. Q6.
Q1. Do you think you take too many medicines? ____
Q2. Do you think that you are taking any medicines that you don’t need anymore? 0.56a ____
Q3. Do you get stressed if changes are made to your medicines? 0.15a 0.12b ____
Q4. Have you had a bad experience in the past when a medicine was stopped? 0.04 0.01 0.27a ____
Q5. Do you know what medicines you take? −0.06 −0.05 −0.06 −0.002 ____
Q6. If your doctor said it was possible, would you stop one of your medicines? 0.18a 0.20a −0.15a −0.10b −0.005 ____
Q7. Overall, are you satisfied with your medicines? −0.36a −0.33a −0.10b −0.05 0.02 −0.09b

aKendal-Tau correlation P value <0.001.

bKendal-Tau correlation P value >0.001 and <0.05.