Table 2

- Outcome measure comparison between on-site and telepharmacy in newly initiated warfarin patients.

OutcomeOn-siteTELEP-value
Time in therapeutic range53.8 (33.5 to 70.4)*50 (33.5 to 65.5)*0.455§
Adverse anticoagulation outcome (n, %)
DVT2 (1.8%)1 (1.3%)1
PE00 
Stroke00 
MI00 
Majorbleeding2 (1.8%)2 (2.6%) 
Minor bleeding1 (0.9%)1 (1.3%)1
Frequency of extreme INR
INR < 1.51.16 (0.98 to 1.37)1.43 (1.19 to 1.72)0.383
INR > 4.50.21 (0.14 to 0.32)0.17 (0.09 to 0.31)0.552
TTR ≥ 60 (n,%)46 (40.4%)23 (29.9%)0.168

TELE:telepharmacy, DVT: deep vein thrombosis, PE: pulmonary embolism, MI: Myocardial infarction, INR: International normalized ratio

  • * Median (interquartile range),

  • § Adjusted using Bonferroni-Holm procedure for multiple comparisons.

  • The 6-month incidence rate per patient, along with its corresponding 95% confidence interval, was estimated using a Poisson log-linear regression model.