Research Article

Connecting Pharmacists and Other Health Care Providers (HCPs) towards Drug Therapy Optimization: A Pharmaceutical Care Approach

Table 1

Demographic details of the study patients and HCPs.

Age in yearsMaleFemaleTotal
N (%)N (%)N (%)

Study patients
13–1902 (1.0)1 (0.5)03 (1.6)
20–5948 (26.3)33 (18.6)81 (44.5)
60–7071 (39.0)27 (14.8)98 (53.8)
Total121 (66.4)61 (33.5)182 (100)

Health care providers (HCPs)
Doctors22 (44)2 (4)24 (48)
Nurses3 (6)13 (26)16 (32)
Pharmacists7 (14)3 (6)10 (20)
Total32 (64)18 (36)50 (100)

Bold referring to the total.