Table 3 Characteristics regarding medication discrepancies
Type of medication discrepancy | All groups | Standard care arm | Intervention arm | Value | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
242 (100) | 125 (51.65) | 117 (48.35) | |||
Type of discrepancy | 97.5313 | < 2.2e-16 | |||
Incorrect or omitted dose | 165 (20.4) | 83 (15.7) | 82 (29.0) | ||
Therapeutic duplication | 5 (0.6) | 4 (0.8) | 1 (0.3) | ||
Incorrect or omitted frequency | 6 (0.7) | 6 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | ||
No indication | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Drug omission | 447 (55.1) | 350 (66.3) | 97 (34.3) | ||
Too soon to restart drug therapy | 26 (3.2) | 15 (2.8) | 11 (3.9) | ||
Slow to restart drug therapy | 156 (19.2) | 64 (12.1) | 92 (32.5) | ||
Inappropriate route | 4 (0.5) | 4 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | ||
Number of discrepancies, median (IQR, min, max) | 3 (4, 0, 15) | 3 (4, 0, 15) | 1 (4, 0, 13) | 4.3812 | 1.765e-05 |