Patient safety in Public Primary Care Clinics in Malaysia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Patient Safety; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000068662
• Lead Sponsor: Ministry of Health Malaysia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-01-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1920

Inclusion Criteria

Primary care centres were selected based on the stratification criteria (geographical location: Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah/Sarawak; highest category of personnel manning the clinic: Family Medicine Specialists, Medical Officers and Assistant Medical Officers [Medical Assistants]).

Exclusion Criteria

Did not consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Diagnostic errors:Errors deemed to have occurred when the history or physical examination did not match the problem or diagnosis stated in the medical records.<br><br>Random samples of outpatient records were selected and reviewed by trained family physicians (expert panel review).[3 months post implementation of intervention package];Management errors:Errors deemed to have occurred if there was an error in investigation, medication or in the decision making process.<br><br>Random samples of outpatient records were selected and reviewed by trained family physicians (expert panel review).[3 months post implementation of intervention]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Preventability of error:Assessed on a 6-point scale from ‘virtually no evidence for preventability’ to ‘virtually certain of evidence for preventability’.<br>Random samples of outpatient records were selected and reviewed by trained family physicians (expert panel review).<br>[3 months post implementation of intervention];Likelihood of errors to cause serious morbidity/mortality for both short and long term complications, as assessed for each record by a team of two expert panel reviewers.<br><br>Random samples of outpatient records were selected and reviewed by trained family physicians (expert panel review).[3 months post implementation of intervention]