Table 1 Data for patients and pharmacists involved in the study (SD = standard deviation)

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MEAN ± SD

Number of pharmacists involved:

61

Number of patients involved:

606

 Traced patients:

497

Number of pharmacies involved:

61

 Dropout rate:

18.0%

Location of pharmacies (n = 59)

 Capital city:

35.6%

 Male:

42.7%

 County towns:

15.3%

 Female:

57.3%

 Other cities:

33.9%

 Other:

15.2%

 Mean ± SD (year)

65.0 ± 11.9

 Range:

24–96 year

 Capital city:

34.0%

  < 65 years:

50.6%

 County towns:

15.2%

  ≥ 65 years:

49.4%

 Other cities:

35.8%

 Other:

15.0%

 ACEI-NSAID:

55.6%

Products (n = 540)

MEAN ± SD

 VKA:

39.8%

 Number of products:

7.9 ± 3.1

 Both:

4.6%

 Prescription drug:

6.3 ± 2.8

 OTC:

1.1 ± 1.1

 Other:

0.4 ± 0.8