Validation of the QualiPresc instrument for assessing the quality of drug prescription writing in primary health care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adverse events related to drug prescriptions are the main patient safety issue in primary care; however there is a lack of validated instruments for assessing the quality of prescription writing, which covers the prescriber, the patient and the drug information.

Objective

To develop and validate the QualiPresc instrument to assess and monitor the quality of drug prescriptions in primary care, accompanied by a self-instruction direction, with the goal of filling the gap in validated instruments to assess the quality of prescription writing.

Methodology

A validation study conducted in a municipality in Northeastern Brazil, based on prescriptions prepared in January 2021 by physicians assigned to 18 Basic Health Units and filed in 6 distribution/dispensing u

SUBMITTER: Mariz Batista A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9094502 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature