Table 3 DRP categories and number of DRPs among geriatric patients admitted from April to July to Medical and Surgical wards of JUMC, Ethiopia, 2017
Total number of DRPs =380 | n (%) |
|---|---|
Problem domains | |
P1: treatment effectiveness (3 categories) | 181 (47.6%) |
Suboptimal effect of drug treatment | 102 (56.4) |
Untreated indication | 69 (38.1) |
No effect of drug treatment | 10 (5.5) |
P2: treatment safety | 92 (24.2%) |
Adverse drug event (possibly) occurred | 92 (100) |
P3: Others | 107 (28.2%) |
Unnecessary drug treatment | 81 (75.7) |
Problem with cost effective treatment | 26 (24.3) |
Number of drug related problems | Frequency (%) |
None | 37 (18.5) |
One | 49 (24.5) |
Two | 53 (26.5) |
≥ three | 61 (30.5) |