Table 1 Characteristics of the 99 patients who participated in the IVR pilot study
From: Pilot study of an interactive voice response system to improve medication refill compliance
| Â | Participated in follow-up survey: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Yes (N = 38) | No (N = 61) | All (N = 99) | |||
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Female | 20 | 52.6 | 27 | 44.3 | 47 | 47.5 |
Male | 18 | 47.4 | 34 | 55.7 | 52 | 52.5 |
< 60 yrs | 2 | 5.3 | 5 | 8.2 | 7 | 7.1 |
60–69 yrs | 7 | 18.4 | 14 | 23.0 | 21 | 21.2 |
70–79 yrs | 17 | 44.7 | 28 | 45.9 | 45 | 45.5 |
> 80 yrs | 12 | 31.6 | 14 | 23.0 | 26 | 26.3 |
Primary language: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   French | 24 | 63.2 | 48 | 78.7 | 72 | 72.7 |
   English | 14 | 36.8 | 13 | 21.3 | 27 | 27.3 |
| Â | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
Active prescriptions | 16.4 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 13.0 | 16.1 | 13.3 |
Active prescriptions for chronic disease targeted by study | 5.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.4 |