Table 5 Counseling provided by healthcare providers regarding elements of medication use.

From: A population-based study of self-reported adverse drug events among Lebanese outpatients

Outcome

Physician n (%)a

Pharmacist n (%)a

P-value

Providing counseling about drug interactions

1080 (34.3)

2468 (78.4)

 < 0.001

Providing counseling about what to when missing a drug dose

988 (31.4)

1754 (55.7)

< 0.001

Providing counseling about accidental overdose

904 (28.7)

1571 (49.9)

< 0.001

Providing counseling about potential ADRs

1221 (38.8)

2112 (67.1)

< 0.001

Assessing medication history before prescribing a new medication

2315 (73.5)

  

Inquiring about previous ADRs before prescribing a new medication

1564 (49.7)

  
  1. aSometimes the cumulative percentages may not reach 100% due to missing values. When missing values are less than 10%, they were not reported explicitly.
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