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. 2012 Oct 26;15(2):107–111. doi: 10.1111/jch.12030

Table II.

Patterns of Drug Omissions by Number of Drugs

1 Drug (n=57) 2 Drugs (n=38) 3 Drugs (n=25)
First Drug Second Drug First Drug Second Drug Third Drug
Single‐day omissions, No. (%)a,b 35 (61.4) 22 (57.9) 21 (55.3) 15 (60.0) 11 (44.0) 14 (56.0)
DH 2 days, No. (%)a,b 15 (26.3) 8 (21.1) 7 (18.4) 3 (12.0) 3 (12.0) 3 (12.0)
DH 3 days, No. (%)a,b 5 (8.8) 3 (7.9) 8 (21.1) 0 2 (8.0) 2 (8.0)
DH ≥4 days, No. (%)a,b 16 (28.1) 18 (47.4) 16 (42.1) 5 (20.0) 6 (24.0) 5 (20.0)
Median number of single day omissions per person (range) 1 (0–7) 1 (0–7) 1 (0–6) 1 (0–9) 0 (0–8) 1 (0–8)
Median number of DH2 days per person (range) 0 (0–5) 0 (0–4) 0 (0–2) 0 (0–2) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1)
Median number of DH3 days per person (range) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1) 0 0 (0–1) 0 (0–2)
Median number of DH ≥4 days per person (range) 0 (0–3) 0 (0–4) 0 (0–4) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–4) 0 (0–1)

Abbreviation: DH, drug holiday. aTotal percentage exceeds 100 because some participants have drug omissions of different length. bPercentages presented are per drug and not per patient.