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Table 1 Focus group participant characteristics

From: Factors affecting medication adherence: patient perspectives from five veterans affairs facilities

Characteristic

All patients

Patient focus group

A1†

A2

A3

B4

B5

C6

C7

D8

D9

E10

E11

E12

Location

5 sites

A

A

A

B

B

C

C

D

D

E

E

E

N

45

4

3

3

1

4

9

6

4

3

5

2

1

Age mean in years (SD), [range]

69.3 (8.7) [50-89]

69.3 (6.2) [64-76]

70.0 (17.1) [56-89]

66.7 (11.0) [58-79]

68

70.5 (4.4) [64-74]

69.3 (9.8) [58-78]

69.8 (11.1) [50-82]

72.0 (11.8) [64-89]

69.7 (5.1) [64-74]

69.6 (8.8) [62-83]

63.5 (0.7) [63-64]

66.0

Female, N (%)

3 (6.7)

0

0

1 (33.3)

0

0

1 (11.1)

1 (16.7)

0

0

0

0

0

Married, N (%)

29 (64.0)

3(75)

3 (100)

3 (100)

1 (100)

3 (75)

5 (55.6)

3 (50)

2 (50)

0 (0)

5 (100)

1 (50)

0

White race, N (%)

32 (71.1)

3 (75)

0

2 (66.7)

1 (100)

2 (50)

7 (77.8)

5 (83.3)

3 (75)

2 (66.7)

5 (100)

1 (50)

1 (100)

VA primary care visits, mean (SD) [range]

3.1 (2.3) [1-16]

3.3 (0.5) [3,4]

1.7 (0.6) [1,2]

3.7 (1.2) [3-5]

3

6.8 (6.2) [3-16]

1.7 (0.7) [1-3]

3.1 (1.7) [1-6]

2.2 (1.0) [1-3]

2.7 (0.6) [2,3]

4.0 (0.7) [3-5]

1.5 (0.7) [1,2]

5

Distance to VA in 2010 in miles, mean (SD), [range]

14.9 (12.0) [0*-43.5]

10.8 (6.8) [3.9-19.9]

12.0 (8.9) [2.7-20.5]

13.6 (2.0) [11.8-15.8]

6.9

16.0 (12.2) [3.9-29.9]

13.4 (11.2) [0*-29.0]

11.8 (9.2) [0*-22.9]

6.8 (3.7) [2.8-11.1]

12.8 (13.9) [3.9-28.8]

29.6 (19.2) [5.5-43.5]

18.1 (8.8) [11.8-24.3]

39.5

Free care in VA, N (%)

33 (73.3)

3 (75)

3 (100)

3 (100)

1 (100)

4 (100)

6 (66.7)

4 (66.7)

2 (50)

3 (100)

2 (40)

2 (100)

0

High school graduate, % of population in subject’s county (SD), [range]

84.0 (4.7)[76.9-90.3]

90.0 (0.6) [89.2-90.3]

89.9 (0.6) [89.2-90.3]

89.9 (0.6) [89.2-90.3]

76.9

78.7 (3.5) [76.9-83.9]

81.0 (3.2) [79.3-88.9]

80.5 (1.8) [79.3-82.8]

86.4 (1.7) [85.6-88.9]

87.8 (1.9) [85.6-88.9]

84.7 (0.8) [84.1-85.6]

82.3 (4.7) [78.9-85.6]

84.1

  1. †The letters indicate a particular site while the numbers provider a unique identifier for each focus group.
  2. *Subject has the same zip code as VA facility’s zip code.