Terms used to describe and define activities undertaken as a result of the medication review process: Do they require standardisation? A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medication review (MR) is the systematic assessment of a patient's medications by a healthcare practitioner. It is necessary to compare such MR interventions to rationalise differences between them and assess their impact. The development of an international taxonomy for terms used to describe activities undertaken within the MR process would facilitate quality of reporting, and the comparison of different interventions.

Aim

To identify overarching and individual MR activity terms and definitions reported within studies where MR was the main intervention.

Method

A systematic review of the literature was performed using search terms for 'Intervention' and 'Outcome'. Papers with empirical data reporting and describing MR activities in English were included. T

SUBMITTER: Alharthi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10147810 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature