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. 2021 Dec 27;118(51-52):875–882. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2021.0372

eTable 4. Numbers of potentially inappropriate medications and undesirable drug–drug interactions at T0 und T1 by study arm and study center (969 patients).

PIM: n (%) DDI: n (%)
Both Study center Both Study center
Time HMS WHU HMS WHU
All T0 302 173 (57.2) 129 (42.7) 241 138 (57.2) 103 (42.7)
T1 305 189 (62.0) 116 (38.0) 213 110 (51.6) 103 (48.4)
Study arm
Intervention 1
(physician)
T0 82 41 (50.0) 41 (50.0) 67 37 (55.2) 30 (44.8)
T1 79 42 (53.2) 37 (46.8) 64 30 (46.9) 34 (53.1)
Intervention 2
(practice team)
T0 83 53 (63.9) 30 (36.1) 67 40 (59.7) 27 (40.3)
T1 81 57 (70.4) 24 (29.6) 55 27 (49.1) 28 (50.9)
Control T0 137 79 (57.7) 58 (42.3) 107 61 (57.0) 46 (43.0)
T1 145 90 (62.1) 55 (37.9) 94 53 (56.4) 41 (43.6)

DDI, undesirable drug–drug interaction; HMS, Hannover Medical School; PIM, potentially inappropriate medication; T0, start of study; T1, end of study; WHU, Witten/Herdecke University