Drug-Related Hospital Admissions and Associated Factors among Adults Admitted to Felege Hiwot Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital, North West Ethiopia
Table 4
Patterns of DRHAs among patients admitted to Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital medical wards, from July to September 15, 2020.
Characteristics
Drug-related hospital admissions
Frequency
Percent
95% confidence interval
Admission (N = 423)
DRHAs
135
31.9
27.7–36.4
Non-DRHAs
288
68.1
63.8–72.3
Individual DRPs that cause drug-related hospital admission (N = 135)
Noncompliance
51
12.01
9–14.9
Untreated indication
43
10.2
7.6–13.2
Adverse drug reaction¥
21
5
3.1–7.1
Subtherapeutic dosage
9
2.1
0.9–3.5
Improper drug selection
8
1.9
0.7–3.3
Drug interaction
1
0.23
0.0–0.7
Over dosage
1
0.23
0.0–0.7
Failure to receive drug
1
0.23
0.0–0.7
Drug use without indication
0
0
Total
423
100
Severity (N = 135)
Mild
3
2.2
(0.0–0.52)
Moderate
103
76.3
68.9–83.7
Severe
29
21.5
14.8–28.1
Fatal
0
0
0
Total
135
100
Preventability (N = 135)
Defiantly preventable
109
80.7
73.3–87.4
Potentially preventable
13
9.6
4.4–14.8
Not preventable
13
9.6
5.2–14.8
Total
135
100
Common causes for noncompliance were feeling well (32), side effects (4), drug cost (4), due to pandemic (6), other reasons (5), other reasons include trying nonconventional medicine, family reason. Causality assessment was done using Naranjo ADR probability scale; 9 were definite and 12 were probable. DRPs: drug-related problems, DRHAs: drug-related hospital admissions.
