Disagree or strongly disagree | Agree or strongly agree | Mean scorea (SD) | p valueb | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Burden | ||||
High | 40.3% | 52.9% | 16.9 (4.0) | |
Low | 29.6% | 65.7% | 15.2 (3.7) | 0.006 |
Appropriateness | ||||
High | 49.0% | 35.9% | 15.0 (4.0) | |
Low | 39.2% | 47.0% | 13.5 (4.4) | 0.032 |
Concerns about stopping | ||||
High | 31.5% | 60.6% | 18.2 (3.4) | |
Low | 22.3% | 69.6% | 16.8 (3.7) | 0.015 |
Involvement | ||||
High | 77.0% | 16.4% | 11.9 (3.8) | |
Low | 66.0% | 26.8% | 10.0 (3.3) | 0.001 |
Participants were split into high medication use (n=73; 10 or more medications) and low medication use (n=77; nine or fewer medications).
↵aThe mean score represents the numerical score given to responses on the Likert scale, out of a possible total of 25.
↵bDifference in proportions test; p<0.05 is considered significant. SD = standard deviation.