Table 2. Compliance scores in pharmaceutical care and control groups.
| Control |
Pharmaceutical care |
P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Mean | No | Mean | |||
| Before pharmaceutical care | 59 | 54.2±11.5 | 58 | 58.6±12.6 | 0.559 | |
| After pharmaceutical care | ||||||
| 1 month | 57 | 56.8±10.6 | 57 | 62.1±9.7 | 0.142 | |
| 6 months | 53 | 52.7±21.9 | 51 | 73.4±11.1 | 0.016 | |
| 1-year follow-up | 45 | 54.4±12.5 | 42 | 66.5±8.6 | 0.039 | |
We defined patients as compliant with drug if they had taken beyond 80% of the prescribed daily dose. A compliance score of a patient is calculated by the total number of prescribed drugs and expressed it as a percentage. A patient who complied with all prescribed drug had a compliance score 100%.