Table 2 Type and frequency of discrepancies between the GP and home care services medication list, before and after the implementation of eSML for MDD patients
INTERVENTION GROUP (N = 100) | CONTROL GROUP (N = 89) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NUMBER OF DISCREPANCIES | BEFORE | AFTER | Mean difference (95%CI) p-value** | BEFORE | AFTER | Mean difference (95%CI) p-value** |
Type of discrepancy | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Missing prescription | 268 (69) | 66 (54) | 420 (81) | 408 (81) | ||
Dosage | 59 (15) | 48 (39) | 71 (14) | 72 (14) | ||
Regular vs. as required* | 50 (13) | 5 (4) | 18 (3) | 19 (4) | ||
Pharmaceutical form | 6 (2) | 1 (1) | 8 (2) | 4 (1) | ||
Other | 6 (2) | 2 (2) | 4 (1) | 0 (0) | ||
Total | 389 (100) | 122 (100) | −2.6 (−3.57, −1.63) | 521 (100) | 503 (100) | −0.16 (−0.76, 0.07) |
p < 0.001 | p = 0.734 | |||||
NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH DISCREPANCIES | P-value*** | P-value*** | ||||
Missing prescription | 60 (60) | 38 (38) | 69 (78) | 73 (82) | ||
Dosage | 36 (36) | 27 (27) | 45 (51) | 45 (51) | ||
Regular vs. as required* | 30 (30) | 5 (5) | 17 (19) | 17 (19) | ||
Pharmaceutical form | 6 (6) | 1 (1) | 8 (9) | 3 (3) | ||
Other | 5 (5) | 1 (1) | 3 (3) | 0 (0) | ||
Total | 75 (75) | 56 (56) | 0.006 | 80 (90) | 79 (89) | 0.782 |