Medicine Dose Adjustment Practice and Associated Factors among Renally Impaired Patients in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Variables</td><td class="align_center">Frequency</td><td class="align_center">Percent</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3">Specialty</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> General physician</td><td class="align_center">1334</td><td class="align_center">84.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> Internist</td><td class="align_center">247</td><td class="align_center">15.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="3">Length of work experience</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> ≤1 year</td><td class="align_center">190</td><td class="align_center">12</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> &gt;2 years</td><td class="align_center">269</td><td class="align_center">17</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> ≥3 years</td><td class="align_center">1122</td><td class="align_center">71</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Physicians’ characteristics for medications prescribed in patients with renal impairment admitted to medical wards at Amhara region referral hospitals, Amhara Ethiopia, in 2020 (<i>n</i> = 424).</div>

International Journal of Nephrology

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Table 3: Medicine Dose Adjustment Practice and Associated Factors among Renally Impaired Patients in Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia 