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Table 3 Types of drug-related problems and pharmacists’ interventions and outcomes according to the Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe DRP classification tool V9.00

From: Identification and solution of drug-related problems in the neurology unit of a tertiary hospital in China

Primary domain

Number

Frequency (%)

Types of drug-related problems

 Treatment effectiveness P1

  No effect of drug treatment P1.1

3

1.24

  Effect of drug treatment not optimal P1.2

58

24.0

  Untreated symptoms or indication P1.3

17

7.02

 Treatment Safety P2

  Adverse drug event (possibly) occurring P2.1

106

43.8

 Others P3

  Problem with the cost-effectiveness of the treatment P3.1

2

0.83

  Unnecessary drug-treatment P3.2

56

23.1

Pharmacists’ interventions

 At prescriber level I1

  Prescriber informed only I1.1

1

0.2

  Prescriber asked for information I1.2

13

2.5

  Intervention proposed to prescriber I1.3

199

37.9

  Intervention discussed with prescriber I1.4

28

5.3

 At patient level I2

  Spoken to family member/caregiver I2.4

19

3.6

 At drug level I3

  Drug changed to … I3.1

43

8.2

  Dosage changed to … I3.2

42

8

  Formulation changed to … I3.3

6

1.1

  Instructions for use changed to … I3.4

69

13.1

  Drug paused or stopped I3.5

59

11.2

  Drug started I3.6

42

8

 Other intervention or activity I4

  Side effect reported to authorities I4.2

4

0.8

Outcomes of interventions

 Not known O0

  Problem status unknown O0.1

0

0

 Solved O1

  Problem totally solved O1.1

225

93.0

 Partially solved O2

  Problem partially solved O2.1

0

0

 Not solved O3

  Problem not solved, lack of cooperation of patient O3.1

2

0.8

  Problem not solved, lack of cooperation of prescriber O3.2

15

6.2

  Problem not solved, intervention not effective O3.3

0

0

  No need or possibility to solve problem O3.4

0

0

  1. Abbreviations: P problem, I intervention, O outcome