Conceptualization and content validation of the MEDication literacy assessment of geriatric patients and informal caregivers (MED-fLAG)

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 1 Characteristics of home-dwelling older adults and/or informal caregivers (N = 13)

	N (%)	MEDIAN MIN–MAX
Medication management responsibility
For self	10 (76.9)
For self and an older relative ^a	2 (15.4)
Only for an older relative ^a	1 (7.7)
Age, years		71
Age, years		53–86
Female	5 (38.5)
Marital status
Single	1 (7.7)
Married or partnered	2 (15.4)
Divorced	10 (76.9)
Educational status
Secondary school	1 (7.7)
Apprenticeship	8 (61.5)
High school	1 (7.7)
University	3 (23.1)
Number of medications^b
< 5	4 (30.8)
5–10	7 (53.8)
> 10	2 (15.4)
Last hospitalization ^c
< 3 months	4 (26.7)
3–6 months	1 (6.6)
> 6 months	6 (40)
Do not know, never	4 (26.7)
Last medication change ^c
< 3 months	4 (26.7)
3–6 months	3 (20)
> 6 months	6 (40)
Do not know, never	2 (13.3)

^aTwo participants (≥ 65 years of age) were responsible for their own medications and also for an older relative's medications, and one participant had responsibility for medications only of an older family member
^bFor the participants who were both responsible for the medication management of an older relative and for themselves, the total number of medications was summed
^cA total of 15 observations are included, reporting information for respondents aged ≥ 65 years responsible for the medication management for themselves and for an older relative, and the information of one respondent who had a substitute role