Exploring the Impact of Medication Regimen Complexity on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Multimorbidity
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics stratified by the level of medication regimen complexity.
Variable
Low complexity
Medium complexity
High complexity
value
Sex n (%)
0.087
Female
5 (55.6%)
119 (70.4%)
143 (60.1%)
Age, years (mean ± SD)
59.2 ± 13
55.8 ± 14
56.2 ± 14
Educational status n (%)
0.132
No formal education
7 (77.8%)
48 (28.4%)
62 (26.1%)
Primary school (Grades 1–8)
1 (11.2%)
56 (33.1%)
77 (32.4%)
Secondary school (Grades 9-10)
1 (11.2%)
36 (21.3%)
50 (21.0%)
College and above
0 (0.0%)
29 (17.2%)
49 (20.6%)
Residence n (%)
0.901
Out of Gondar town
3 (33.3%)
56 (33.1%)
84 (35.3%)
Gondar town
6 (66.7%)
113 (66.9%)
154 (64.7%)
Payment status
0.229
Free of charge
4 (44.4%)
117 (69.2%)
153 (64.3%)
Other
5 (55.6%)
52 (30.8%)
85 (35.7%)
Duration of illness (in years)
0.878
Less than five
5 (55.6%)
100 (59.2%)
135 (56.7%)
Five to ten
3 (33.3%)
59 (34.9%)
86 (36.1%)
Above ten
1 (11.2%)
10 (5.9%)
17 (7.1%)
Number of drugs per patient
<0.001
Less than five
9 (100%)
125 (74.0%)
89 (37.4%)
Five and above
0 (0.0%)
44 (26.0%)
149 (62.6%)
Number of long-term conditions
0.187
Two
6 (66.7%)
98 (58.0%)
111 (46.6%)
Three
3 (33.3%)
56 (33.1%)
99 (41.6%)
Four and above
0 (0.0%)
15 (8.9%)
28 (11.8%)
Paid in full by the patient/family or by the employer or paid in part by the employer; SD: standard deviation. values are generated from either chi‐squared or Fisher’s exact tests.
