Characteristics of the three recruiting pharmacies and the recruited patients
| Pharmacy 1 | Pharmacy 2 | Pharmacy 3 | Total | |
| Location | Suburb of Cork | Moderately affluent area of Cork | Rural town in Cork county | |
| Deprivation index* | Marginally above average | Disadvantaged | Marginally below average | |
| No of patients enrolled | 28 | 28 | 10 | 66 |
| Patients mean age ±SD (years) | 72±11 | 66±12 | 63±11 | 68±12 |
*The deprivation index measures the relative affluence or disadvantage of a particular geographical area using data from various censuses (education, unemployment rate, etc).