Table 2.
Types of errors on discharge prescriptions
| Intervention (n= 41) | Control (n= 61) | P-value | |||
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| Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | ||||
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| Total error number | 1 (0 to 3) | 8 (4 to 13.5) | <0.001 | ||
| Clinical significance score | 2 (0 to 4) | 11 (5 to 20) | <0.001 | ||
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| Type of error | n | % | n | % | |
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| Patient information | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.3 | 0.514 |
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| Date | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.2 | 0.08 |
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| Legibility and/or spelling | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8.2 | 0.08 |
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| Quantity and/or duration | 0 | 0 | 22 | 36.1 | <0.001 |
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| Prescriber information | 0 | 0 | 18 | 29.5 | <0.001 |
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| Drug interaction | 16 | 39 | 26 | 42.6 | 0.838 |
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| Frequency | 3 | 7.3 | 2 | 3.3 | 1.0 |
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| Dose | 4 | 9.8 | 7 | 11.5 | 1.0 |
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| Medication omission | 17 | 41.5 | 46 | 75.4 | 0.001 |
IQR = interquartile range.