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Table 4 Studies of the prevalence of DDIs according to the mechanisms involved in Ethiopian Hospitals

From: Prevalence of potential drug-drug interactions and associated factors among outpatients and inpatients in Ethiopian hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Authors

Mechanism of DDIs

Pharmacokinetic

Pharmacodynamics

Unknown

Gunasekaran et al., 2016 [25]

164 (61.42%)

101 (37.83%)

2 (0.75%)

Behailu Terefe Tesfaye et al., 2017 [6]

1059 (43.56%)

1335 (54.92%)

37 (1.52%)

Diksis et al., 2019 [5]

245 (25.34%)

574 (59.36%)

148 (15.3%)

Henok Getachew et al., 2016 [29]

197 (50.13%)

181 (46.06%)

15 (3.82%)

Yesuf TA, et al., 2017 [33]

142 (53.38%)

124 (46.62%)

0 (0.0%)

Tesfaye and Nedi, 2017 [34]

358 (49.79%)

321 (44.65%)

40 (5.56%)

Kibrom et al., 2018 [35]

142 (47.97%)

87 (29.39%)

67 (22.6%)

  1. Footnote: Seven studies did not report the mechanisms of drug-drug interaction