Drug-drug interaction among elderly patients in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 2 Characteristics of the studies included in this systematic review and meta-analysis on pDDIs among elderly patients in Africa

Authors	Publication year	Study design	Region	Database	Sample size	Pathology	Prevalence of DDI(%)
Adem et al. [35]	2022	RCS	Ethiopia	AGS & MAI	384	CVD	90.1
Assefa et al. [36]	2020	RCS	Ethiopia	Medscape online	168	CVD	86.31
Dagnew et al. [37]	2022	prospective observational	Ethiopia	Medscape online	389	All	58.1
Teka et al. [45]	2016	CS	Ethiopia	Micromedex	140	All	62.2
Teni et al. [38]	2014	RCS	Ethiopia	Micromedex	392	All	24.9
Bhagavathula et al. [39]	2021	CS	Ethiopia	Beers criteria	320	All	2.8
Dagnew et al. [40]	2022	prospective observational	Ethiopia	Medscape online	389	All	30.62
Fadare JO et al. [41]	2016	RCS	Nigeria	Medscape online & Epocrates	350	CVDs	47.6
Yusuff KB et al. [16]	2015	CS	Nigeria	BNF & Stockley’s	229	All	65
Abdu N et al. [42]	2019	CS	Eritrea	US-FDA & WebMD	285	All	71.9
Saka SA et al. [43]	2021	RCS	Nigeria	Medscape online	201	BPH	55.8
Alssageer MA et al. [14]	2023	RCS	Libya	Hepler and Strand	195	All	23
Bojuwoye AO et al. [15]	2022	RCS	South Africa	Medscape online & Epocrates	250	All	84.8
Dube SO [44]	2022	CS	South Africa	EMGuidance interaction checker	89	All	80.4
Saka SA et al.	2018	RCS	Nigeria	Beers criteria	352	All	5.7

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