Frequency of medication errors by patients

Objective. Analyze the frequency of medication errors committed and reported by patients. Methods. Descriptive study based on a telephone survey of a random sample of adult patients from the primary care level of the Spanish public health care system. A total of 1 247 patients responded (75% respons...

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Autores: Mira, JJ, Navarro, IM, Guilabert, M, Aranaz, J
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Recursos:Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO)
Repositorio:r-FISABIO. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica
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Palavra-chave:Medication errors
medication adherence
patient participation
physician-patient relations
primary health care
Spain
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spelling Frequency of medication errors by patientsMira, JJNavarro, IMGuilabert, MAranaz, JMedication errorsmedication adherencepatient participationphysician-patient relationsprimary health careSpainObjective. Analyze the frequency of medication errors committed and reported by patients. Methods. Descriptive study based on a telephone survey of a random sample of adult patients from the primary care level of the Spanish public health care system. A total of 1 247 patients responded (75% response rate); 63% were women and 29% were older than 70 years. Results. While 37 patients (3%, 95% CI: 2-4) experienced complications associated with medication in the course of treatment, 241 (19.4%, 95% CI: 17-21) reported having made some mistake with their medication. A shorter consultation time (P < 0.01) and a worse assessment of the information provided by the physician (P < 0.01) were associated with the fact that during pharmacy dispensing the patient was told that the prescribed treatment was not appropriate. Conclusions. In addition to the known risks of an adverse event due to a health intervention resulting from a system or practitioner error, there are risks associated with patient errors in the self-administration of medication. Patients who were unsatisfied with the information provided by the physician reported a greater number of errors.PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION2012info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://fisabio.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/14419REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTHISSN: 10204989ISSNe: 16805348reponame:r-FISABIO. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científicainstname:Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana (FISABIO)Españolinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:fisabio.fundanetsuite.com:p144192026-06-11T12:45:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Frequency of medication errors by patients
title Frequency of medication errors by patients
spellingShingle Frequency of medication errors by patients
Mira, JJ
Medication errors
medication adherence
patient participation
physician-patient relations
primary health care
Spain
title_short Frequency of medication errors by patients
title_full Frequency of medication errors by patients
title_fullStr Frequency of medication errors by patients
title_full_unstemmed Frequency of medication errors by patients
title_sort Frequency of medication errors by patients
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mira, JJ
Navarro, IM
Guilabert, M
Aranaz, J
author Mira, JJ
author_facet Mira, JJ
Navarro, IM
Guilabert, M
Aranaz, J
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author2 Navarro, IM
Guilabert, M
Aranaz, J
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Medication errors
medication adherence
patient participation
physician-patient relations
primary health care
Spain
topic Medication errors
medication adherence
patient participation
physician-patient relations
primary health care
Spain
description Objective. Analyze the frequency of medication errors committed and reported by patients. Methods. Descriptive study based on a telephone survey of a random sample of adult patients from the primary care level of the Spanish public health care system. A total of 1 247 patients responded (75% response rate); 63% were women and 29% were older than 70 years. Results. While 37 patients (3%, 95% CI: 2-4) experienced complications associated with medication in the course of treatment, 241 (19.4%, 95% CI: 17-21) reported having made some mistake with their medication. A shorter consultation time (P < 0.01) and a worse assessment of the information provided by the physician (P < 0.01) were associated with the fact that during pharmacy dispensing the patient was told that the prescribed treatment was not appropriate. Conclusions. In addition to the known risks of an adverse event due to a health intervention resulting from a system or practitioner error, there are risks associated with patient errors in the self-administration of medication. Patients who were unsatisfied with the information provided by the physician reported a greater number of errors.
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