ArticleSaudi medical journal2019
Investigating the epidemiology of medication errors in adults in community care settings. A retrospective cohort study in central Saudi Arabia.
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- Prevalence, contributing factors, and interventions to reduce medication errors in outpatient and ambulatory settings: a systematic review.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2023Pooled it
- Potentiality of algorithms and artificial intelligence adoption to improve medication management in primary care: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
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- Medication error trends in Middle Eastern countries: A systematic review on healthcare services.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Review
- Medication Errors Among Hospitalized Adults in Medical Wards of Nekemte Specialized Hospital, West Ethiopia: A Prospective Observational Study.Drug, healthcare and patient safety · 2021Article
- Identification and Characterization of Preventable Adverse Drug Events in Family Medicine Clinics from Central Saudi Arabia.Saudi journal of medicine & medical sciencesArticle
- Prescribing errors among adult patients in a large tertiary care system in Saudi Arabia.Annals of Saudi medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the period prevalence and risk factors for clinically important prescription and monitoring errors among adults managed in community care in Saudi Arabia (SA).
methodsThis retrospective cohort study used electronic health record (HER) data. A random sample comprising of 2,000 adults (≥18 years old) visiting Family Medicine clinics in King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH & RC), Riyadh, SA, was selected. Data collection took 3 months (October December 2017). Descriptive analyses and logistic regression modeling were performed using STATA (version 14) statistical software. Results: The overall period prevalence of medication errors over 15 months was 8.1% (95% confidence interval [CI] 6.5-9.7). Risk factors that significantly predicted overall risk of patients experiencing one or more medication errors were: age ≥65 years, male gender, Saudi nationality, and polypharmacy (defined as the concurrent use of ≥5 drugs).
conclusionsClinically important medication errors were commonly observed in relation to both drug prescription and monitoring.
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