Characteristics of the study population
Demographics and clinical characteristics of the study population are
presented in Table 1. In our study, 331 patients were included. The
average age of patients was
59.7±15.2 years and there were
marginally more males (176, 53.2%) than females. 38.7% of patients
were recruited from the cardiology
department. The vast majority of
hospitalizations were planned, conducted on working days and lived with
family members. The average number of chronic diseases patients suffered
from was 1.66 ± 1.09. The mean of home prescription medications use were
3.63 ± 2.34 drugs per patient and the mean number of medications ordered
by physicians at hospital were 3.75 ± 2.45.