Data analysis
comorbidity
Data was summarized with descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS for Windows Version 23.0 (IBM Corp, New York, USA). Normal distribution of the data was evaluated using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Inferential statistics such as Fisher’s exact test was done to compare associations between absence/presence of medication discrepancy among patients at the intervention and control sites. Pearson product-moment correlations analysis was carried out to investigate relationships between patients’ medication discrepancy and comorbidity, number of medication(s) and educational level. Independent-samples t-test was used to evaluate the difference between average medication discrepancy among patients at the intervention and control sites. One-way analysis of variance compared patients’ medication discrepancies at the intervention and control sites over the study period. The level of significance was set at 