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Table 4 Patients responded “Don’t know” or “Incorrectly state” the side-effects of medications prescribed

From: How much do elders with chronic conditions know about their medications?

 

N = 396

“Don't know”

 

% of medications which patients responded “Don’t know”

 

10%-33%

52 (12.6%)

34%-66%

27 (6.6%)

67%-99%

32 (7.8%)

100%

109 (26.5%)

“Incorrectly state” the side-effects of all medications

176 (42.7%)