Table 2: Association between gender and level of medication discrepancies and level of omission.

Item Number of medicines Gender P value*
Male (n = 121) Female (n = 111)
n (%) n (%)
Level of medication discrepancy 0-2 75 (65) 52 (47) 0.157
3-5 30 (25) 33 (30)
more than 5 16 (13) 26 (23)
Level of omission 0 42 (35) 37 (33) 0.281
1-3 56 (46) 45 (41)
45 (41) 17 (14) 27 (24)
8-12 6 (5) 2 (2)

*Note: Analyses were done using Chi-Square test at alpha level = 0.05.