Table 3.
Potential severity and potential harm
| By-group analysis |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Overall (n = 65) | Unreconciled (n = 36) | Before (n = 36) | After (n = 29) | p-value |
| Patient medication changes | |||||
| Average potential severity | 1.16 (0.77) | 1.01 (0.73) | 1.09 (0.69) | 1.26 (0.86) | .308 |
| Potential severity | .172 | ||||
| Level 0 (insignificant) | 36 (22.2%) | 14 (26.4%) | 20 (21.1%) | 16 (23.9%) | |
| Level 1 (significant) | 91 (56.2%) | 31 (58.5%) | 59 (62.1%) | 32 (47.8%) | |
| Level 2 (serious) | 28 (17.3%) | 7 (13.2%) | 14 (14.7%) | 14 (20.9%) | |
| Level 3 (life-threatening) | 7 (4.3%) | 1 (1.9%) | 2 (2.1%) | 5 (7.5%) | |
| Average potential harm | 3.44 (1.44) | 3.09 (1.47) | 3.38 (1.37) | 3.53 (1.54) | .558 |
| Potential harm | .100 | ||||
| Level 1 (little or no confidence) | 26 (16.0%) | 13 (24.5%) | 16 (16.8%) | 10 (14.9%) | |
| Level 2 (slight to modest confidence) | 25 (15.4%) | 9 (17.0%) | 14 (14.7%) | 11 (16.4%) | |
| Level 3 (< 50–50 but close call) | 27 (16.7%) | 7 (13.2%) | 14 (14.7%) | 13 (19.4%) | |
| Level 4 (> 50–50 but close call) | 54 (33.3%) | 19 (35.8%) | 39 (41.1%) | 15 (22.4%) | |
| Level 5 (strong confidence) | 20 (12.3%) | 2 (3.8%) | 8 (8.4%) | 12 (17.9%) | |
| Level 6 (virtually certain confidence) | 10 (6.2%) | 3 (5.7%) | 4 (4.2%) | 6 (9.0%) | |
| Clinician medication changes | |||||
| Average potential severity | 1.12 (0.69) | − | 1.10 (0.62) | 1.15 (0.78) | .905 |
| Potential severity | − | .060 | |||
| Level 0 (insignificant) | 28 (20.7%) | 15 (18.5%) | 13 (24.1%) | ||
| Level 1 (significant) | 84 (62.2%) | 57 (70.4%) | 27 (50.0%) | ||
| Level 2 (serious) | 20 (14.8%) | 8 (9.9%) | 12 (22.2%) | ||
| Level 3 (life-threatening) | 3 (2.2%) | 1 (1.2%) | 2 (3.7%) | ||
| Average potential harm | 3.64 (1.31) | − | 3.62 (1.22) | 3.69 (1.44) | .497 |
| Potential harm | − | .147 | |||
| Level 1 (little or no confidence) | 17 (12.6%) | 9 (11.1%) | 8 (14.8%) | ||
| Level 2 (slight to modest confidence) | 15 (11.1%) | 8 (9.9%) | 7 (13.0%) | ||
| Level 3 (< 50–50 but close call) | 14 (10.4%) | 11 (13.6%) | 3 (5.6%) | ||
| Level 4 (> 50–50 but close call) | 66 (48.9%) | 44 (54.3%) | 22 (40.7%) | ||
| Level 5 (strong confidence) | 18 (13.3%) | 7 (8.6%) | 11 (20.4%) | ||
| Level 6 (virtually certain confidence) | 5 (3.7%) | 2 (2.5%) | 3 (5.6%) | ||
Averages reported as mean (SD), categorical variables reported as n (%).
Percentages adjusted to account for missing data.