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. 2024 Dec 20;15:1434966. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1434966

Table 9.

Types of irrational medication use reviewed by system.

Item Pre-pandemic I Pre-pandemic II During-pandemic Post-pandemic Total Ratio/%
case ratio/% case ratio/% case ratio/% case ratio/%
Type OLI 58 70.72 118 43.7 236 52.56 149 49.34 561 50.86
OLI; MESP 6 7.32 66 24.44 56 12.47 55 18.22 183 16.60
MESP 7 8.54 28 10.38 65 14.48 34 11.26 134 12.15
OLI; DDI 1 1.22 28 10.38 41 9.13 38 12.58 108 9.79
DDI 2 2.44 12 4.44 21 4.68 22 7.28 57 5.17
MESP; DDI 0 0 8 2.96 12 2.67 3 0.99 23 2.09
OLI; MESP; DDI 0 0 9 3.33 11 2.45 1 0.33 21 1.9
OLI; UDE 7 8.54 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.63
UDE 0 0 1 0.37 4 0.89 0 0 5 0.45
OLI; UDE; DDI 0 0 0 0 2 0.45 0 0 2 0.18
MESP; UDE 1 1.22 0 0 1 0.22 0 0 2 0.18
Total 82 100 270 100 449 100 302 100 1103 100
Number of irrational problems 1 67 81.71 159 58.89 326 72.60 205 67.88 757 68.63
2 15 18.29 102 37.78 110 24.50 96 31.79 323 29.28
3 0 0 9 3.33 13 2.90 1 0.33 23 2.09
Total 82 100 270 100 449 100 302 100 1103 100

OLI, off-label indications.

MESP, medication errors of special population.

DDI, drug-drug interaction.

UDE, usage and dosage errors.