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.