Characteristics of Patients
| Characteristic | All Patients (N = 256) | Prescribed a New Medication (n = 82) | Not Prescribed a New Medication (n = 174) | Prescribed a New Medication | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention Group (n = 46) | Control Group (n = 36) | ||||
| Age, mean (SD), y | 64.8 (10.5) | 60.5 (8.0) | 66.8 (11.0) | 60.3 (7.9) | 60.7 (8.3) |
| Female, No. (%) | 150 (58.6) | 50 (61.0) | 100 (57.5) | 30 (65.2) | 20 (55.6) |
| Race/ethnicity, No. (%) | |||||
| White | 158 (61.7) | 49 (59.8) | 109 (62.6) | 26 (56.5) | 23 (63.9) |
| African-American | 43 (16.8) | 15 (18.3) | 28 (16.1) | 7 (15.2) | 8 (22.2) |
| Hispanic | 24 (9.4) | 12 (14.6) | 12 (6.9) | 9 (19.6) | 3 (8.3) |
| Asian | 21 (8.2) | 5 (6.1) | 16 (9.2) | 3 (6.5) | 2 (5.6) |
| Other | 8 (3.1) | 1 (1.2) | 7 (4.0) | 1 (2.2) | 0 (0) |
| Education, No. (%) | |||||
| High school or less | 45 (17.7) | 15 (18.5) | 30 (17.4) | 10 (22.2) | 5 (13.9) |
| Some college | 85 (33.3) | 28 (34.8) | 57 (32.8) | 15 (33.3) | 13 (36.1) |
| College graduate | 125 (49.0) | 38 (46.9) | 87 (50.0) | 20 (44.4) | 18 (50.0) |
| Health literacy score, mean (SD)a | 6.7 (0.89) | 6.8 (0.49) | 6.7 (1.0) | 6.8 (0.53) | 6.9 (0.44) |
| Medications and dietary supplements, mean (SD), No. | 6.8 (4.4) | 6.7 (3.9) | 6.8 (4.6) | 6.7 (3.6) | 6.6 (4.2) |
| Confidence about interacting with physicians, mean score (SD)b | 8.6 (1.5) | 8.6 (1.5) | 8.6 (1.6) | 8.9 (1.1) | 8.3 (1.9) |
| Seen by internal medicine physician, No. (%) | 158 (61.7) | 55 (67.1) | 103 (59.2) | 30 (65.2) | 25 (69.4) |
| Seen by attending physician, No. (%) | 225 (87.9) | 71 (86.6) | 154 (88.5) | 40 (87.0) | 31 (86.1) |
| Seen by patient’s regular physician, No. (%) | 214 (86.0) | 64 (82.1) | 150 (87.7) | 36 (83.7) | 28 (80.0) |
| Previous visits to physician, No. (%) | |||||
| Never | 36 (14.8) | 15 (19.2) | 21 (12.7) | 5 (11.9) | 10 (27.8) |
| 1-2 | 35 (14.4) | 11 (14.1) | 24 (14.6) | 7 (16.7) | 4 (11.1) |
| 3-5 | 49 (20.2) | 13 (16.7) | 36 (21.8) | 7 (16.7) | 6 (16.7) |
| 6-12 | 48 (19.7) | 14 (18.0) | 34 (20.6) | 8 (19.1) | 6 (16.7) |
| >12 | 75 (30.9) | 25 (32.1) | 50 (30.3) | 15 (35.7) | 10 (27.8) |