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. 2020 Nov 16;20:471. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-01870-8

Table 1.

Mean number of drugs in both groups

Intervention group
mean dpp (95% CI)
Control group
mean dpp (95% CI)
Difference between groups
mean dpp (95% CI) P-value
Pre-Intervention (T0) 8.02 (7.59–8.46) 8.05 (7.71–8.40) −0.03 (− 0.59–0.53) 0.916
Post-Intervention (T1) 7.20 (6.81–7.60)a −0.85 (−1.38–0.32) 0.002
6 months (T2) 7.54 (7.07–8.37) a 8.01 (7.56–8.37)b − 0.47 (− 1.07–0.12) 0.118
12 months (T3) 7.64 (7.17–8.12) a 7.68 (7.32–8.00) b −0.04 (− 0.63–0.56) 0.906

The mean number of drugs per patient (DPP) at all four-time points and between-group differences. T0 = First consultation, before intervention, T1 = First consultation, immediately after the intervention, T2 = Second consultation 6 months later, T3 = Third consultation 12 months later. CI = 95% confidence interval, a) p-values for the time point comparison within the intervention group: T1-T0, T2-T0 and T3-T0: < 0.001, 0.002 and 0.059. b) p-value for the time point comparison within the control group: T2-T0 and T3-T0: 0.960 and 0.065