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Table 4 Intervention, prescriber acceptance rate, and outcome of intervention for DRPs among heart failure patients at JMC from September 30, 2020, to May 28, 2021

From: Drug-related problems and its predictors among hospitalized heart failure patients at Jimma Medical Center, South West Ethiopia: prospective interventional study

 

Frequency (%)

Intervention domain (N = 408)

 

I1: Intervention at the prescriber level

158 (38.73)

 The intervention proposed and discussed with the prescriber

133 (84.18)

 Prescriber informed only

25 (15.82)

I2: intervention at the patient level

150 (36.76)

 Patient drug counseling

80 (53.33)

 Spoken to family member/caregiver

70 (46.67)

I3: Intervention at a drug level

100 (24.51)

 Drug stopped

28 (28)

 New drug started

27 (27)

 Formulation changed

24 (24)

 Drug changed

13 (13)

 Instruction for use changed

6 (6)

 Dosage changed

2 (2)

Intervention acceptance domain (N = 158)

 

A1: Intervention accepted at the prescriber level

147 (93.04)

 Intervention accepted and fully implemented

119 (80.95)

 Intervention accepted and partially implemented

13 (8.84)

 Intervention accepted but not implemented

10 (6.80)

 Intervention accepted, implementation unknown

5 (3.41)

A2: Intervention not accepted

11 (6.96)

 Not accepted; unknown reason

6 (54.55)

 Not accepted; no agreement

5 (45.45)

Problem status domain (N = 283)

 

O1: Problem solved

204 (72.08)

O2: Problem not solved

52 (18.37)

 Lack of cooperation of prescriber

49 (94.23)

 Lack of cooperation of the patient

3 (5.77)

O3: problem partially solved

18 (6.36)

O4: Problem status unknown

9 (3.19)