Table 2.

Working time used for medication management in minutes analyzed with two sample t-test (Bonferroni corrected p-values)

Variable	Baseline (5 days)			1-month (5 days)			2-month (5 days)
	IG (n = 64) meana (SD)	CG (n = 46) meana (SD)	p-value	IG (n = 64) meana (SD)	CG (n = 46) meana (SD)	p-value	IG (n = 64) meana (SD)	CG (n = 46) meana (SD)	p-value
Total time for medication management	6.49 (2.7)	5.15 (3.1)	< 0.003	16.37 (5.73)	4.48 (2.92)	< 0.003	16.74 (4.36)	5.13 (3.32)	< 0.003
Ordering medications	0.03 (0.43)	0.4 (1.73)	< 0.003	0.05 (0.52)	0.23 (1.20)	0.039	0	0.60 (2.09)	< 0.003
Dispensing medications into the robot	0	0		8.43 (5.74)	0	< 0.003	10.77 (2.95)	0	< 0.003
Dispensing medications to the dosette	1.60 (1.46)	0.68 (1.61)	< 0.003	0	0.50 (1.68)	< 0.003	0	0.49 (1.68)	< 0.003
Reconstitution medications	0.63 (0.84)	0.32 (0.47)	< 0.003	0	0.09 (0.29)	< 0.003	0	0.09 (0.28)	< 0.003
Administrating medications (Tablet)	2.59 (1.14)	2.09 (1.18)	< 0.003	0	2.46 (1.37)	< 0.003	0	2.38 (1.46)	< 0.003
Administrating medications using other routes	0.43 (0.81)	0.83 (0.99)	< 0.003	0	0.64 (1.10)	< 0.003	0	0.66 (1.14)	< 0.003
Monitoring medications’ effects	0.39 (0.81)	0	< 0.003	0	0.0 (0.077)	1.00	0.18 (0.58)	0	< 0.003
Medication education	0.82 (1.21)	0.80 (1.54)	1.00	7.88 (3.09)	0.56 (1.23)	< 0.003	5.79 (2.54)	0.91 (1.58)	< 0.003

^aFive-day mean in minutes per client

IG: Intervention Group; CG: Control Group; SD: Standard Deviation