Pharmacist counseling to cardiac patients in Israel prior to discharge from hospital contribute to increasing patient's medication adherence closing gaps and improving outcomes

Table 2 Characteristics of the Intervention group (n = 33) and of the Control group (n = 41)

Characteristics	Intervention group values	Control group values
Age
Mean ± SD	65.3 ± 12.17	72.73 ± 10.64
Range	41.92	36-90
Sex
Male	22 (66.7%)	28 (68.3%)
Females	11 (33.3)	13 (31.7%)
Number of chronic medications
Mean ± SD	7 ± 2.71	6.59 ± 1.92
Range	3-17	3-11
Number of readmissions
Mean ± SD	0.7 ± 1.18	0.93 ± 1.01
Range	0-5	0-3
Adherence percentage
Mean ± SD	77.83 ± 22.85	62.46 ± 24.52
Range	22.22-105.10	6.25-100

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