Table 5.

Factors associated with the errors in medication reconciliation

	Univariate analysis		Multivariate analysis
	Odds ratio	95%CI	Odds ratio	95%CI
Gender
Female	Ref.
Male	0.79	(0.3 – 0.9)	-	-
Age groups
<65 years	Ref.
≥65 years*	3.62	(2.1 - 6.4)	2.7	1.5 - 5.1*
Type of admission
Emergency	Ref.
Scheduled	0.83	(0.5 – 1.4)
Day of admission
Weekends	Ref.
Weekdays	1.01	(0.6 – 1.8)	-	-
Professional category
Pharmacist	Ref.
Resident doctor	0.42	(0.1 – 1.2)	-	-
Nurse aid	0.80	(0.3 – 1.7)	-	-
Medication list or medication bag on admission	0.73	(0.2 – 1.4)
Polypharmacy*	8.23	(3.8 – 17.8)	5.3	(2.4–11.6) *
Comorbidities	3.84	(2.1 – 6.9)	-	-
Hypoglycemic drugs**	2.71	(1.2 – 5.8)	2.6	(1.1 – 6.2) *
Warfarin**	3.06	(0.7-12.2)	3.4	(2.9 – 7.1)

^*p <0.05,

^**p <0.001