Identification and Resolution of Drug-Related Problems among Childhood Cancer Patients in Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients at the pediatric hematology/oncology ward of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25 June to 25 October 2018.

Variable	Category	Number (%)
Age	≤1 year	10 (6.4)
	>1 year to ≤5 years	71 (45.5)
	>5 years to ≤10 years	65 (41.7)
	>10 years to ≤15 years	10 (6.4)
Sex	Male	98 (62.8)
	Female	58 (37.2)
Residence	Urban	86 (55.1)
	Rural	70 (44.9)
Family history of cancer	Yes	6 (3.8)
	Not known	150 (96.2)
Caregiver education	No formal education	21 (13.5)
	Grade 1–8	55 (35.2)
	Grade 9–12	42 (26.9)
	College and above	38 (24.4)
Hospital stay	≤10 days	91 (58.3)
	>10 days	65 (41.7)
Comorbid conditions	Yes	25 (16)
	Hypertension	20 (12.8)
	Retroviral infection	4 (2.6)
	Congestive heart failure	1 (0.6)
	No	131 (84.0)
Neutropenic fever presence	Yes	49 (31.4)
	No	107 (68.6)
Total number of prescriptions per patient	≤10 drug prescriptions	58 (37.2)
	>10 to ≤20 drug prescriptions	84 (53.8)
	>20 drug prescriptions	14 (9.0)

Short hospital stay is defined as a hospital stay of less than or equal to 10 days in the ward.