Table 4.
Comparison of DRPs between pharmacist intervention and usual care groups
| <a>DRPs | Pharmacist intervention group (n=13)
|
Usual care group (n=17)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Week 12 | Baseline | Week 12 | |
|
| ||||
| Need additional drug therapy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Unnecessary drug therapy | 14 | 0 | 23 | 22 |
| • Treating avoidable ADR (use of anticholinergics) | 12 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| • Duplicate drug therapy | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| • No medical indication | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Wrong drug | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dosage too low | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dosage too high | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ADR | 8 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| Adherence problem | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Total DRPs | 27 | 4 | 41 | 37 |
Abbreviations: ADR, adverse drug reaction; DRPs, drug-related problems.