Variable | Pre-intervention (n = 61) | LPN intervention (n = 52) | Patient intervention (n = 69) |
Correct lists (n (%)) | 19 (31.2) | 12 (23.1) | 26 (37.7) |
Correct medications (n (%)) | 354/445 (79.6) | 248/402 (61.7) | 474/576 (82.3) |
Reasons of incorrectness (%) | |||
Name | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Dose | 9.9 | 11.7 | 7.8* |
Frequency | 5.6 | 7.0 | 5.7 |
Medications deleted from list | 3.6 | 11.0 | 2.8* |
Medications added to list | 2.3 | 9.5 | 2.1* |
*Statistics are significantly different from the previous period (p<0.04).