Table 1 Characteristics of patients enrolled for medication reconciliation by discrepancy status at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, February–May, 2017
Characteristics | Categories | Medication discrepancy status | |
|---|---|---|---|
No discrepancy—frequency (%) (n = 292) | Had at least one discrepancy—frequency (%) (n = 119) | ||
Sex | Male | 127 (43.5) | 55 (46.2) |
Female | 165 (56.5) | 64 (53.8) | |
Age (years) | < 5 | 54 (18.5) | 19 (16.0) |
5–14 | 38 (13.0) | 28 (23.5) | |
15–25 | 63 (21.6) | 26 (21.8) | |
26–35 | 79 (27.1) | 26 (21.8) | |
36–65 | 23 (7.9) | 8 (6.7) | |
> 65 | 35 (12.0) | 12 (10.5) | |
Religion | Muslim | 246 (84.2) | 98 (82.4) |
Orthodox | 33 (11.3) | 4 (3.4) | |
Protestant | 13 (4.5) | 17 (14.3) | |
Residency | Urban | 108 (37.0) | 42 (35.3) |
Rural | 184 (63.0) | 77 (64.7) | |
Marital status | Single or under age | 110 (37.7) | 53 (44.5) |
Married | 163 (55.8) | 64 (53.8) | |
Divorced | 10 (3.4) | 2 (1.7) | |
Widowed | 9 (3.10) | 0 (0.0) | |
Educational level | Illiterate or basic | 182 (62.3) | 75 (63.0) |
Primary | 83 (28.4) | 34 (28.6) | |
Secondary or higher | 27 (9.2) | 10 (8.4) | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 231 (79.1) | 96 (80.7) |
Amhara | 24 (8.2) | 14 (11.8) | |
Adare | 23 (7.9) | 3 (2.5) | |
Othersa | 14 (4.8) | 6 (5.1) | |
Ward of admission | Medical | 81 (27.7) | 54 (45.4) |
Pediatric | 92 (31.5) | 44 (37.0) | |
Obstetrics and gynecology | 45 (15.5) | 9 (7.6) | |
Surgical | 74 (25.3) | 12 (10.1) | |
Reason for admission | Respiratory and infectious diseases | 83 (28.4) | 32 (26.9) |
Cardiovascular diseases | 15 (5.1) | 34 (28.6) | |
Malnutrition diseases | 40 (13.7) | 12 (10.1) | |
Obstetrics and Gynecologic diseases | 70 (24.0) | 12 (10.1) | |
Surgical and accidental diseases | 31 (10.6) | 5 (4.2) | |
Othersb | 53 (18.2) | 24 (20.2) | |
Medications | Antimicrobials and drugs for wound care | 420 (75.0) | 140 (25.0) |
Cardiovascular drugs | 18 (15.0) | 106 (85.0) | |
Drugs for malnutrition therapy | 91 (95.8) | 4 (4.2) | |
Hematologic drugs | 68 (90.7) | 7 (9.3) | |
Drugs for liver disease therapies | 33 (73.3) | 12 (26.7) | |
Obstetric and gynecologic therapies | 32 (91.4) | 3 (8.6) | |
Othersc | 71 (73.2) | 26 (26.8) | |
Duration of hospitalization (days) | < 5 | 150 (51.4) | 18 (15.3) |
5–10 | 113 (38.7) | 66 (55.9) | |
11–15 | 25 (8.6) | 26 (22.0) | |
> 15 | 4 (1.4) | 8 (6.8) | |