Percentage of Respondents Who Had Previously Returned Medications to a Pharmacy or Medical Provider
| Variable (number) | Number (%) | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||
| Percentage of respondents who had previously returned medications to a pharmacy | |||
| Gender (300) | .43 | ||
| Male | 36 (25.0) | 108 (75.0) | |
| Female | 33 (21.2) | 123 (78.8) | |
| Age (301) | .15 | ||
| <50 | 28 (19.3) | 117 (80.7) | |
| ≥50 | 41 (26.3) | 115 (73.7) | |
| Race (300) | .34 | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 44 (24.6) | 135 (75.4) | |
| Other | 24 (19.8) | 97 (80.2) | |
| Unused or expired medications in home (298) | .10 | ||
| 0 | 36 (27.7) | 94 (72.3) | |
| ≥1 | 33 (19.6) | 135 (80.4) | |
| Visits to pharmacy in previous 3 months (299) | .002 | ||
| ≤1 | 13 (12.6) | 90 (87.4) | |
| ≥2 | 56 (28.6) | 140 (71.4) | |
| Previously educated about medication disposal (299) | <.001 | ||
| Yes | 27 (45.8) | 32 (54.2) | |
| No | 41 (17.1) | 199 (82.9) | |
| Medications current taking (299) | .16 | ||
| ≤5 | 46 (21.0) | 173 (79.0) | |
| ≥6 | 23 (28.8) | 57 (71.3) | |
| Percentage of respondents who had previously returned medications to a medical provider | |||
| Gender (299) | .21 | ||
| Male | 24 (16.7) | 120 (83.3) | |
| Female | 18 (11.5) | 137 (87.8) | |
| Age (300) | .08 | ||
| <50 | 15 (10.3) | 130 (89.7) | |
| ≥50 | 27 (17.3) | 128 (82.1) | |
| Race (299) | .33 | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 28 (15.6) | 151 (84.4) | |
| Other | 14 (11.6) | 106 (87.6) | |
| Unused or expired medications in home (297) | .03 | ||
| 0 | 25 (19.2) | 105 (80.8) | |
| ≥1 | 17 (10.2) | 150 (89.8) | |
| Visits to pharmacy in previous 3 months (298) | .05 | ||
| ≤1 | 9 (8.7) | 94 (91.3) | |
| ≥2 | 33 (16.9) | 162 (83.1) | |
| Previously educated about medication disposal (298) | <.001 | ||
| Yes | 17 (28.8) | 42 (71.2) | |
| No | 24 (10.0) | 215 (90.0) | |
| Medications current taking (298) | .004 | ||
| ≤5 | 23 (10.6) | 195 (89.4) | |
| ≥6 | 19 (23.8) | 61 (76.3) | |