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Table 4 Prevalence of medication related problems categories

From: A combination of Beers and STOPP criteria better detects potentially inappropriate medications use among older hospitalized patients with chronic diseases and polypharmacy: a multicenter cross-sectional study

MRP categories

Total(N = 852) N(%)

Number of drugs

P

5–9(N = 415) N(%)

 ≥ 10(N = 437) N(%)

Unnecessary medication therapy

101(11.9)

36(8.7)

65(14.9)

0.005

Needs additional medication therapy

22(2.6)

11(2.7)

11(2.5)

0.902

Ineffective medication

20(2.3)

3(0.7)

17(3.9)

0.002

Dosage too low

102(12.0)

37(8.9)

65(14.9)

0.007

Adverse drug event

33(3.9)

13(3.1)

20(4.6)

0.275

Dosage too high

66(7.7)

22(5.3)

44(10.1)

0.009

  1. MRP medication related problem, N refers to the number of patients with MRP categories