TABLE 3.

Drug-related problems identified in the control and intervention groups.

	Control group (n = 86)	Intervention group (n = 82)	p
Number of patients with DRPs, n (%)	62 (72.10%)	46 (56.10%)	<0.05 a
Total no. of DRPs (n)	160	76	0.006 b
DRPs per patient (mean ± SD)	2.58 ± 2.18	1.63 ± 1.29	<0.05b
Accepted interventions, n (%)	-	64 (84.21%)	-
Unaccepted interventions, n (%)	-	14 (12.42%)	-
LACE Index for Readmission (mean ± SD)	11.33 ± 3.07	12.2 ± 2.38	p > 0.05 a
Readmissions in 30 days (n, %)	44 (51.16%)	18 (21.95%)	0.006 a

^a Pearson chi-squared test.

^b Mann–Whitney U test.