3.1 Characteristics of study population
A total of 288 eligible patients
were invited by the pharmacists to participate in the study during their
daily outpatient visits, and 260 patients were recruited (participation
rate 90.28%). A total of 244 patients completed all required follow-up
and were included in our study (completion rate was 93.85%). The
patients had a mean of 8.76±4.35 ongoing medications during patients’
routine clinic visits. The most commonly seen comorbid conditions were
hypertension (70.08 %), heart disease (56.56%), and hyperlipidemia
(29.92%). The demographic and clinical characteristics of these
patients are described in Table 1.