Identifying potential prescribing safety indicators related to mental health disorders and medications: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prescribing errors and medication related harm may be common in patients with mental illness. However, there has been limited research focusing on the development and application of prescribing safety indicators (PSIs) for this population.

Objective

Identify potential PSIs related to mental health (MH) medications and conditions.

Methods

Seven electronic databases were searched (from 1990 to February 2019), including the bibliographies of included studies and of relevant review articles. Studies that developed, validated or updated a set of explicit medication-specific indicators or criteria that measured prescribing safety or quality were included, irrespective of whether they contained MH indicators or not. Studies were screened to extract all MH related

SUBMITTER: Khawagi WY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6534318 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature