Table 3 Outcome measures
|  | Usual Care (n = 29) | Intervention (n = 30) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of drug-related recommendations (median, IQR) | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 8.0 (6.8–10.0) | < 0.001 |
 Number, based on RASP list (absolute) (median, IQR) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 3.5 (2.0–5.0) | < 0.001 |
 Proportion of RASP list based recommendation, relative to all provided recommendations (%) (median, IQR) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 47.2 (33.3–50.0) | < 0.001 |
 Number of other pharmaceutical recommendations, not based on RASP list (median, IQR) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 3.0 (2.0–5.0) | < 0.001 |
Number of accepted recommendations by the treating ward-based physician, within 72 h (median, IQR) | 0.0 (0.0–0.5) | 3.0 (0.0–5.3) | < 0.001 |
 Proportion of accepted relative to all provided recommendations (%) (median, IQR) | 0.0 (0.0–25.0) | 45.0 (0.0–61.7) | 0.010 |
RASP PIMs at discharge (median, IQR) | 2.5 (2.0–3.8) | 1 (0.0–3.0) | 0.008 |
Number of drugs at discharge (median, IQR) | 8.5 (6.0–11.8) | 8.0 (5.0–11.0) | 0.404 |
 Proportion of number of drugs at discharge relative to admission (%) (median, IQR) | 108.5 (100.0–136.8) | 92.0 (80.5–103.5) | 0.002 |
 Number of discontinued RASP PIMs during hospital stay (mean, SD) | 0.79 (1.34) | 2.28 (1.62) | < 0.001 |