BioMed Research International

Research Article

Clinical Pharmacist Intervention on Drug-Related Problems among Elderly Patients Admitted to Medical Wards of Northwest Ethiopia Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals: A Multicenter Prospective, Observational Study

Table 7

Results of a bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis of factors associated with DRPs among elderly patients admitted to medical ward of UoGCSH, DTCSH, FHCSH, TGCSH, and DMCSH, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2021.


Variables	Categories	DRPs		COR (95% CI)		AOR (95% CI)	value
Variables	Categories	Yes ()	No ()	COR (95% CI)

Age	60-74	192 (72.2%)	106 (86.2%)	1.00	1	1.00	1
Age	≥75	74 (27.8%)	17 (13.8%)	2.40 (1.35-4.28)	0.003	1.88 (0.94-3.77)	0.076
Marital status	Single	24 (9.0%)	7 (5.7%)	2.24 (0.93-5.43)	0.073	1.88 (0.65-5.45)	0.244
	Married	136 (51.1%)	89 (72.4%)	1.00	1	1.00	1
	Divorced	50 (18.8%)	10 (8.1%)	3.27 (1.58-6.79)	0.001	1.29 (0.55-3.03)	0.561
	Windowed	56 (21.1%)	17 (13.8%)	2.16 (1.18-3.95)	0.013	1.72 (0.82-3.59)	0.151
Occupational status	Farmer	183 (68.8%)	81 (65.9%)	2.26 (0.71-7.22)	0.169	3.94 (0.90-17.19)	0.068
	Merchant	44 (16.5%)	27 (21.9%)	1.63 (0.48-5.57)	0.436	2.32 (0.50-10.73)	0.283
	Employment	6 (2.3%)	6 (4.9%)	1.00	1	1.00	1
	Retire	33 (12.4%)	9 (7.3%)	3.67 (0. 95-14.15)	0.059	4.23 (0.78-22.87)	0.094
Source of drug	Free	117 (44.0%)	90 (73.2%)	1.00	1	1.00	1
Source of drug	Payment	149 (56.0%)	33 (26.8%)	3.47 (2.18-5.54)	<0.001	2.85 (1.63-4.98)	<0.001
Alcohol	Yes	143 (53.8%)	33 (26.8%)	0.32 (0.20-0.50)	<0.001	2.20 (1.23-3.94)	0.008
Alcohol	No	123 (46.2%)	90 (73.2%)	1.00	1	1.00	1
Cigarette	Yes	18 (6.8%)	1 (0.8%)	8.85 (1.17-67.11)	0.035	4.67 (0.45-48.83)	0.198
Cigarette	No	248 (93.2%)	122 (99.2%)	1.00	1	1.00	1
Comorbidity mean (SD)				1.95 (1.53-2.49)	<0.001	1.48 (1.09-1.99)	0.010
Number of drug	<5	62 (23.3%)	77 (26.6%)	1.00	1	1.00	1
Number of drug	≥5	204 (76.7%)	46 (73.4%)	5.51 (3.47-8.75)	<0.001	3.06 (1.72-5.46)	<0.001
LOH (days)	<7	88 (33.1%)	78 (63.4%)	1.00	1	1.00	1
LOH (days)	≥7	178 (66.9%)	45 (36.6%)	3.51 (2.24-5.48)	<0.001	2.32 (1.37-3.95)	0.002
GFR (ml/min/1.73 m²)	<30	18 (6.8%)	8 (6.5%)	1.29 (0.54-3.08)	0.570	0.86 (0.29-2.51)	0.783
	30-60	96 (36.1%)	28 (22.8%)	1.96 (1.19-3.22)	0.008	1.68 (0.89-3.13)	0.104
	>60	152 (5.1%)	87 (70.7%)	1.00	1		1

NB: GFR: glomerular filtration rate, LOH: length of hospitalization, COR: crude odd ratio; AOR: adjusted odd ratio; CI: confidence interval, , .