Table 2.
Patient characteristics
| Medication review with a pDRP (%) | Medication review without a pDRP (%) | Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | 316 | 306 | ||
| Gender | Female | 137 (43.4) | 147 (48.0) | p = 0.241 |
| Age | p < 0.05 | |||
| 0–12 months | 23 (7.3) | 47 (15.4) | ||
| 1–12 years | 7 (2.2) | 16 (5.2) | ||
| 13–18 years | 10 (3.2) | 13 (4.2) | ||
| 19–40 years | 30 (9.5) | 80 (26.1) | ||
| 41–60 years | 87 (27.5) | 68 (22.2) | ||
| 61–80 years | 142 (44.9) | 74 (24.2) | ||
| > 80 years | 17 (5.4) | 8 (2.6) | ||
| Prescriptions, median [range] | 13 [1–31] | 8 [0–24] | p < 0.05 | |
| None | 0 (0) | 14 (4.6) | ||
| 1–5 | 24 (7.6) | 92 (30.1) | ||
| 6–10 | 90 (28.5) | 107 (35.0) | ||
| 10–15 | 95 (30.1) | 52 (17.0) | ||
| > 15 | 107 (33.9) | 41 (13.4) | ||
| Elective admission | 127 (40.2) | 124 (40.5) | p = 0.933 | |
| Day after admission, median [range] | 5 [0–241] | 3 [0–155] | p = 0.044 |
pDRP potential drug-related problem. The numbers in bold are statistically significant