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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Aug 14;65(10):2265–2271. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15042

Table 2.

Bivariate associations of intervention with patient-centered care, communication, and medication changes

Outcome Intervention N=64a Control N=64b p-value
Patient Outcomes
PACIC >10, % 29.7 15.6 .057
Active participation, meana 5.6 2.7 .0011
Medication-related communication, meana 7.5 3.6 .0003
Number of medications at 90 days, mean 13.3 13.8 .65
Proportion of medication reconciliation errors corrected, %b 48.4 14.3 <.001
1+ TRIM recommendations implemented, %b 29.7 21.9 .42
Clinician Outcomes
Facilitative communication, meana 1.53 0.67 .023
Medication-related communication, (mean)a 7.3 4.6 .0025
Recommendation(s), %a 63.6 32.8 .0008
a

Because 9 audiofiles were of insufficient quality for analysis, N=55 for outcomes of active participation, medication-related communication, and facilitative communication.

b

Because only one-half of the control group had medication appropriateness examined by TRIM, N=32 for outcomes of proportion of medication reconciliation errors corrected and 1+ TRIM recommendations implemented.