Drug-Related Problems and Associated Factors among Patients Admitted with Chronic Kidney Disease at Jimma University Medical Center, Jimma Zone, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Prospective Observational Study

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of CKD patients at JUMC, Jimma Zone, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia, from April 01 to September 30, 2018.

Variables		Frequency
Number of comorbidities	<5	69 (66.9%)
	≥5	34 (32.9%)
BMI	≤18	38 (36.9)
	18.5–24.5	44 (42.7)
	25–29.9	17 (16.5)
	≥30	4 (3.9)
Number of drug taken per day	<5	55 (53.3)
	≥5	48 (46.6)
Duration with CKD (yrs)	<1	90 (87.4)
	≥1	13 (12.6)
Length of hospital stay	<7 days	23 (22.3)
	≥7 days	80 (77.7)
Stage of CKD patients	2	2 (1.9)
	3	18 (17.5)
	4	16 (15.5)
	5	67 (55)