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Table 2 The effect of the intervention

From: The effect of structured medication review followed by face-to-face feedback to prescribers on adverse drug events recognition and prevention in older inpatients – a multicenter interrupted time series study

Outcome measuresa

Baseline measurement

(95% CI)

Intervention measurement

(95% CI)

Rate difference

(95% CI)

P value

All hospital-acquired pADEs

33.2 (26.8 to 41.2)

16.4 (12.1 to 22.3)

16.8 (9.0 to 24.6)

<  0.001

Serious hospital-acquired pADEs

20.4 (15.5 to 26.8)

7.60 (4.9 to 11.9)

12.8 (6.4 to 19.2)

<  0.001

uADEs

21.6 (16.5 to 28.2)

10.4 (7.1 to 15.3)

11.2 (4.4 to 18.0)

<  0.001

ADRs

53.6 (45.3 to 63.5)

52.8 (44.5 to 62.6)

0.80 (−8.4 to 10.0)

0.86

  1. CI confidence interval, pADEs preventable adverse drug events, uADEs unrecognized adverse drug events, ADRs adverse drug reactions. aThe outcome measures are expressed in rates per 100 hospitalizations with 95% CIs