Patients’ Experiences and Perspectives of Receiving Written Medicine Information About Medicines: A Qualitative Study

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Table 1 Factors That Might Influence Knowledge and Perceptions About Medicine Information

Factors	Categories
Research Site	Primary Care Unit	Srinagarind Hospital	Queen Sirikit Heart Centre
Gender	Male	Female
Age group	20–40	41–60	>60
Highest education level	≤ high school	≥ Bachelor degree
Number of medicines	≤ 2	≥ 3
Number of underlying diseases	≤ 2	≥ 3
Types of Statins	Simvastatin	Atorvastatin
Experience of receiving statin-PILs	Yes	No

Table 2 Summary of Demographic Characteristics of Participants (n=30)

Demographic Variables	Number of Participants
Setting
Srinagarind hospital	11
Queen Sirikit Heart Centre	10
Primary Care Unit	9
Gender
Male	15
Female	15
Age group
20–40 years	10
41–60 years	10
>60 years	10
Education level
High school or less	12
Bachelor degree	18
Number of underlying diseases
≤2	15
>2	15
Number of medications
≤2	6
>2	24
Type of statin used
Simvastatin	14
Atorvastatin	16
Experience of receiving statin-PILs before study
Yes	10
No	20
Total of participants	30