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Table 1 The study population’s baseline demographic and clinical characteristics

From: The effect on potential adverse drug events of a pharmacist-acquired medication history in an emergency department: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, controlled, parallel-group study

Characteristics

Total group

Control

Intervention

Value

p value

242 (100)

125 (51.65)

117 (48.35)

Age, mean ± SD

59 ± 19

58 ± 20

59 ± 18

−0.5355a

0.5928

Gender

   

0.2233b

0.6365

Female

140 (57.9)

70 (56.0)

70 (59.8)

  

Male

102 (42.1)

55 (44.0)

47 (40.2)

  

No. of hospitalisations, mean (IQR, min, max)

0 (1, 0, 12)

0 (1, 0, 10)

0 (1, 0, 12)

−0.2168a

0.8285

No. of co-morbidities, mean (IQR, min, max)

1 (2, 0, 4)

1 (2, 0, 4)

1 (1, 0, 4)

0.4219a

0.6735

No. of medicines, mean (IQR, min, max)

4 (4, 1, 12)

4 (4, 1, 16)

4 (4, 1, 14)

−0.3299a

0.7418

Teaching hospitals

   

5.1145b

0.07752

Fundacion Cardioinfantil

82 (33.9)

36 (28.8)

46 (39.3)

  

San Carlos hospital

78 (32.2)

48 (38.4)

30 (25.6)

  

Samaritana hospital

82 (33.9)

41 (32.8)

41 (35.1)

  
  1. aStudent’s t-test; bChi-square; SD (standard deviation). IQR, interquartile range; min, minimum; max, maximum