Table 2.

Summary (with statistical analysis) of data collected during visit 1 and 2

	Visit 1		Visit 2
	Study	Control	Study	Control
Mean (s.d.) length of visit (min)	32 (10)	57 (18)	31 (15)	45 (18)
Number of regular items prescribed	340	331	342	328
Mean (s.d.) number of regular items prescribed	7.9 (2.0)	8.3 (2.6)	8.0 (2.3)	8.2 (2.4)
Patients (n) storing items no longer prescribed	34	39	35	39
Drug use (% correct of total items)	95.3	63.1†	97.4	69.5†
Dosage interval (% correct of total items)	96.2	86.7†	97.4	86.0†
Dose (% correct of total items)	98.8	93.7†	98.5	91.5†
Compliant (% of total items)	48.4	15.9‡	70.0	15.8‡
Patients with GP visits (n)	19	27*	24	32*
Patients readmitted (n)	5	13*	3	15*

Study vs control group at each visit.

^*P < 05

^†P < 0.01

^‡P < 0.001

otherwise non-significant independent paired t-test except Pearson's chi-squared test for GP visits and readmission.