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Table 3 The univariate analysis of the intervention group on DRPs (n = 149)

From: The impact of clinical pharmacist-physician communication on reducing drug-related problems: a mixed study design in a tertiary teaching Hospital in Xinjiang, China

Variables

N (mean-%)

p

Demographic variables

 Age

59

0.03*

 Gender

 

0.65

  Male

92 (61.7)

 

  Female

57 (38.3)

 

 Medical Insurance

 

0.3

  Medical insurance for urban employees

14 (73.7)

 

  Medical insurance for urban and rural residents

2 (10.5)

 

  The new rural cooperative medical insurance

1 (5.3)

 

  Self-paying

1 (5.3)

 

  Non-local medical insurance

0 (0.0)

 

  Individual medical insurance

1 (5.3)

 

 Education

 

0.34

  College or above

10 (6.8)

 

  Some college

24 (16.2)

 

  High school or below

101 (68.2)

 

  Illiteracy

13 (8.8)

 

 Occupation

 

0.64

  Government

21 (14.3)

 

  Professional and technical personnel

28 (19.0)

 

  Service industry personnel

13 (8.8)

 

  Agriculture

59 (40.1)

 

  Production and transportation

12 (8.2)

 

  Other

14 (9.5)

 

Communication variables

 Communication Ways

 

0.56

  Face to Face

136 (91.3)

 

  Phone/WeChat

13 (8.7)

 

 Physicians’ Feedback

 

1

  Yes

143 (96)

 

  No

6 (4)

 

 Consensus of Communication

 

0.38

  Yes

141 (94.6)

 

  No

8 (5.4)

 

 Communication Contents

 

0.77

  One Kind

53 (35.6)

 

  Two Kinds

50 (33.6)

 

  Three Kinds

34 (22.8)

 

  Four Kinds

12 (8)

 

Communication Time (minutes)

5.80 (3.35)

< 0.001*