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Table 2 Categories of responses to identification of most and least important medication

From: Patients’ perceptions of their “most” and “least” important medications: a retrospective cohort study

Response category

Most important n (%)

Least important n (%)

One specific medication

41 (39)

31 (30)

More than one medication*

26 (25)

2 (2)

 More than one medication

5 (5)

0 (0)

 Chose medications for a condition  (did not name a specific medication)

11 (11)

1 (1)

 More than one medication and  chose it by condition

3 (3)

0 (0)

 Wrote “all”

7 (7)

1 (1)

Wrote “None”

21 (20)

51 (49)

Did not answer the question*

16 (15)

20 (19)

 Wrote “n/a”

4 (4)

5 (5)

 Left it blank

10 (10)

11(11)

 Wrote “don’t know,” “uncertain,” or  “not sure”

1 (1)

4 (4)

 Wrote something undecipherable

1 (1)

0 (0)

  1. *Subcategories sum to the total for their respective categories.