Implementation of patient education at first and second dispensing of statins in Dutch community pharmacies: the sequel of a cluster randomized trial

Table 1 Indicators for success of implementation

	Experimental group	Control group	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Frequency of EAFD offered (% of first prescriptions) ^a	72/469 (15.4)	78/402 (19.4)	0.96 (0.31;3.01)	0.944
Number of pharmacies which offered EAFD (%)	17/34 (50.0)	14/31 (45.2)	1.24 (0.38;4.00)	0.715
Frequency of EAFD offered in the pharmacies which performed EAFD (% of first prescriptions) ^b	72/252 (28.6)	78/257 (30.4)	1.08 (0.51;2.29)	0.845
Frequency of EASD offered (% of second prescriptions) ^a	49/393 (12.5)	35/342 (10.2)	1.41(0.42;4.78)	0.579
Number of pharmacies which offered EASD (%)	12/34 (35.3)	12/31 (38.7)	0.93 (0.27;3.20)	0.899
Frequency of EASD offered in the pharmacies which did perform EASD (% of second prescriptions) ^c	49/174 (28.2)	35/205 (17.1)	1.85 (0.76;4.50)	0.172

EAFD, education at first dispensing; EASD, education at second dispensing; OR, odds ratio
^a Data from the pharmacies of which the total number of first statin prescriptions was known, which were 25 pharmacies in the control group and 27 pharmacies in the experimental group.
^b Data from the pharmacies which did perform EAFD and of which the total number of first statin prescriptions was known: 12 pharmacies in the control group and 13 pharmacies in the experimental group.
^c Data from the pharmacies which did perform EASD and of which the total number of second statin prescriptions was known: 10 pharmacies in the control group and 10 pharmacies in the experimental group.

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