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. 2020 May 8;2020(5):CD012419. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012419.pub2

9. Secondary outcome ‐ other.

Study Measure Outcome (Intervention vs usual care)
Chrischilles 2014 Mean (SD) number of medication management problems from a list of 8 problems, including questions on multiple prescribers, multiple pharmacies, mail order prescriptions, confusion whether medication was taken, taking medication without knowing indication, problems affording medications, feeling that medications are not working, and feeling that medications are not doing what they were intended to do Mean ± SD 1.4 ± 1.4 vs 1.6 ± 1.5
Lingler 2016 Medication deficiency checklist: a 15‐item, investigator‐developed instrument that uses caregiver interviews to assess for the presence of errors and problems (e.g. incorrectly chewing pills or capsules, taking at the wrong time, repeating doses, patient refuses/unco‐operative) Mean ± SD 2.19 ± 1.52 vs 2.36 ± 1.51
Moral 2015 Average number of medication errors, defined as both patient errors (e.g. omission of dose) and prescriber errors (e.g. dose too high or too low, duplicate therapy) (as reported in Perula de Torres 2014 paper) Mean 0.429 vs 1.145
Taylor 2013 Number of participants with at least 1 medication misadventure (defined as medication errors, adverse drug events, and/or adverse drug reactions) 2.8% (n = 33) vs 3.0% (n = 36)

Outcome results presented as intervention group vs usual care group unless otherwise stated.

SD: standard deviation.