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- Title
Frecuencia de errores de los pacientes con su medicación.
- Authors
Mira, José Joaquín; Navarro, Isabel Maria; Guilabert, Mercedes; Aranaz, Jesús
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
SPAIN; MEDICATION errors; PUBLIC health; TELEPHONE surveys; PHYSICIAN-patient relations
- Publication
Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2012, Vol 31, Issue 2, p95
- ISSN
1020-4989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1020-49892012000200001