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Table 3 Predictors of errors in the medication history at admission to hospital.

From: Errors in medication history at hospital admission: prevalence and predicting factors

Potential predictors

 

Number of patients with an error (%)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Number of drugs at admission

For each 1-drug increase

313 (47)

1.10 (1.06-1.14)*

Age

For each 10-yr increase

313 (47)

1.08 (0.92-1.27)

Ward

A

250 (48)

Reference

 

B

63 (43)

0.82 (0.56-1.21)

Sex

Male

135 (43)

Reference

 

Female

178 (50)

1.33 (0.96-1.83)

Type of care service before admission

Care home

63 (47)

Reference

 

Own home with community care services

74 (45)

1.08 (0.67-1.75)

 

Own home, no care service

176 (48)

1.58 (1.02-2.45)*

Directly admitted to study ward a

Yes

155 (47)

Reference

 

No; transferred from another ward

131 (49)

1.12 (0.80-1.57)

Days until medication reconciliation

   

Number of days until the pharmacist's medication reconciliation a

0-1 days

168 (51)

Reference

 

2-3 days

101 (49)

0.85 (0.59-1.23)

 

4-11 days

24 (38)

0.52 (0.30-0.91)*

  1. Odds ratios were derived from a multivariable binary logistic regression model
  2. * p < 0.05
  3. aNumber (%) of patients is reported only for those with complete data. In the logistic regression model missing data was imputed