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Table 3 Time trend for documentation of prescribing rationale during the junior doctors’ 4-month placement in psychiatry

From: Accuracy of prescribing documentation by UK junior doctors undertaking psychiatry placements: a multi-centre observational study

Month

All drugs

ORa

Rationale documented

ORb

Rationale documented

Rationale not documented

Non-psychotropics

Psychotropics

n (%)

n

n (%)

n (%)

April

133 (68.9)

60

1.00

56 (86.2)

77 (60.2)

1.00

May

181 (62.4)

109

0.75

61 (85.9)

120 (54.8)

0.83

June

81 (52.3)

74

0.49

24 (70.6)

57 (47.1)

0.55

July

67 (47.2)

75

0.40

12 (70.6)

55 (44.0)

0.50

Total

462 (59.2)

318

153 (81.8)

309 (52.1)

  1. OR Odds ratio
  2. aχ2MH = 19.71, p < 0.001
  3. bχ2MH = 12.09, p < 0.001