Table 2.
Frequency of drug-related problems and incidence of patients with drug-related problems in each ward and overall
| Medical | NICU | PICU | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 219)* | (n = 74)* | (n = 36)* | (n = 329)* | |
| No. of DRPs (%) | 47 (57.3) | 26 (31.7) | 9 (11.0) | 82 (100) |
| No. of patients with DRPs [n (%)] | 41 (18.7) | 19 (25.7) | 9 (25.0) | 69 (21.0) |
| No. of patients with DRPs by gender [n (%)] | ||||
| Female | 16 (18.2) | 6 (16.7) | 4 (28.6) | 26 (18.8) |
| Male | 25 (19.1) | 13 (34.2) | 5 (22.7) | 43 (22.5) |
| No. of patients with DRPs, stratified by DRP type [n (%)]† | ||||
| Dosing problem | 20 (48.8) | 11 (57.9) | 4 (44.4) | 35 (50.7) |
| Drug choice problem | 7 (17.1) | 10 (52.6) | 2 (22.2) | 19 (27.5) |
| Adverse drug reactions | 9 (21.9) | 2 (10.5) | 0 | 11 (15.9) |
| Drug use problem | 6 (14.6) | 1 (5.3) | 0 | 7 (10.1) |
| Others | 4 (9.8) | 2 (10.5) | 1 (11.1) | 7 (10.1) |
| Interactions | 1 (2.4) | 0 | 2 (22.2) | 3 (4.3) |
| DRP incidence [% (95% confidence interval)] | 18.7 (13.8–24.5) | 25.7 (16.2–37.2) | 25.0 (12.1–42.2) | 21.0 (16.7–25.8) |
Abbreviations are as follows: DRP, drug-related problem; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; and PICU, paediatric intensive care unit.
*
n is the total number of patients.
†
Numbers of patients in various DRP type categories do not add up to the total number of patients with DRPs in each ward, because one child can contribute to more than one DRP type; the percentage is calculated as the number of patients with DRP divided by total number of patients in each ward or in the total study cohort, as appropriate.