Introducing a pharmacist-led transmural care program to reduce drug-related problems in orthogeriatric patients: a prospective interventional study

Table 3 Multiple linear regression analysis

Independent variables	Parameter estimate	95% Confidence Interval	p-value
(Constant)	-2.918	-5.764 ─ (-0.073)	0.044
Age	0.039	0.000 ─ 0.078	0.051
Control- or intervention-period	1.750	1.222 ─ 2.278	< 0.001
CCI^b	0.004	-0.168 ─ 0.176	0.961
Recent hospitalization	-0.762	-1.503 ─ (-0.021)	0.044
Elective or urgent admission	-0.532	-1.118 ─ 0.054	0.075
Fall-risk score on admission	-0.075	-0.150 ─ 0.000	0.049
Number of DRPs^c at discharge	0.530	0.406 ─ 0.654	< 0.001
Number of drugs on admission	-0.122	-0.213 ─ (-0.032)	0.009

R² = 0.507^a (Adjusted R² = 0.473), F (8,118) = 15.151, p < 0.001)
^aPredictors: (Constant), Age, Control- or intervention-period, CCI, Recent hospitalization, Elective or urgent admission, Fall-risk score on admission, Number of DRPs at discharge, Number of drugs on admission
^bCCI Charlson Comorbidity Index
^cDRPs Drug-Related Problems

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