Table 3.
Therapeutic Indications of Medications Taken, Medications Documented on the Medication List but not Taken and Medication Missing on the Medication List (N = 288 Patients)
| Therapeutic Indication (ATC-Code 2nd Level) | Medication Taken by the Patient (n = 2779) | Medications Documented on ML but not Taken any More (n = 102) | Medications Missing on ML#(n = 349) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | %## | n | %## | |
| Cardiovascular system (C01-C09) | 912 | 32.8 | 17 | 1.9 | 42 | 4.6 |
| Antidiabetics (A10) | 249 | 9.0 | 4 | 1.6 | 11 | 4.4 |
| Analgesics (N02) | 232 | 8.3 | 19 | 8.2 | 50 | 21.6 |
| Antithrombotic agents (B01) | 197 | 7.1 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 3.0 |
| Statins (C10) | 177 | 6.4 | 4 | 2.3 | 9 | 5.1 |
| Vitamins (A11) | 155 | 5.6 | 4 | 2.6 | 48 | 31.0 |
| Antacids (A02) | 134 | 4.8 | 15 | 11.2 | 15 | 11.2 |
| Antidepressants/hypnotics/sedatives (N05/N06) | 127 | 4.6 | 5 | 3.9 | 26 | 20.5 |
| Antiasthmatics (R03) | 104 | 3.7 | 6 | 5.8 | 17 | 16.3 |
| Minerals (A12) | 66 | 2.4 | 3 | 4.5 | 28 | 42.4 |
| Eye drops (S01) | 48 | 1.7 | 1 | 2.1 | 23 | 47.9 |
| Other | 378 | 13.6 | 20 | 5.3 | 74 | 19.6 |
| Total | 2779 | 100.0 | 102 | 3.7 | 349 | 12.6 |
Notes: #Please note that this value does not correspond to “medication missing” in Table 2, as the value is based on a different total: 2779 medications taken by the patients in Table 3 and 2,539 medications documented on the ML in Table 2. ##Percentage relate to the total number of the respective medications of this therapeutic indication.
Abbreviations: ATC-Code, Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Code; ML, medication list.