Medication Incidents in Primary Care Medicine: A Study by the Swiss Federal Sentinel Reporting System
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
- Enrollment
- 213
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- type, frequency, seasonal and regional distribution of medication incidents
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Prospective reporting of safety incidents concerning drug treatment by approximately 120 primary care physicians or pediatricians during 2015.
Detailed Description
Objectives: Patient safety is a major concern in healthcare systems worldwide. Although most safety research has been conducted in the inpatient setting, evidence indicates that medical errors and adverse events pose a serious threat for patients in the primary care setting as well, since most patients receive ambulatory care. Information about frequency and outcomes of safety incidents in primary care is required to identify risks or "hot spots," to prioritize them and to take the action as needed.
Methods:
Participants: Patients undergoing drug treatment by approximately 120 primary care physicians or pediatricians reporting to the Sentinel system.
Collection of data: Questionnaires for cases, for clinical denominator data, and for physician practice specification.
Study intervention: none.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Case Only
- Time Perspective
- Prospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Any erroneous event (as defined by the physician) related to the medication process interfering with normal treatment course
Exclusion Criteria
- •Lacking treatment effect, adverse drug reactions or drug-drug or drug-disease interactions, without detectable treatment error.
- •Refusal of patients to refer data to the Sentinel system.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
type, frequency, seasonal and regional distribution of medication incidents
Time Frame: 12 monthes
Descriptives
Secondary Outcomes
- possible risk factors for medication incidents like age, gender, poly-medication, morbidity, previous hospitalization(12 monthes)