Table 2 Frequency of potential drug-drug interactions
Total | Minor | Moderate | Major | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients with potential drug-drug interactions (total number of patients / percentage of patients) | ||||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
All patients (n = 524) | 296 | 56.5 | 151 | 28.8 | 268 | 51.1 | 93 | 17.7 |
Patients with ≥2 drugs (n = 383) | 296 | 77.3 | 151 | 39.4 | 268 | 70.0 | 93 | 24.3 |
Mean number of potential drug-drug interactions | ||||||||
All patients (n = 524) | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.2 | ||||
Patients with ≥2 drugs (n = 383) | 3.2 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.3 | ||||
Patients with potential drug-drug interactions (n = 296) | 4.1 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.4 | ||||