Open AccessPreventing drug‐related morbidity: determining valid indicators
Author(s) -
Morris C. J.,
Cantrill J. A.,
Avery A. J.,
Howard R. L.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 2042-7174
pISSN - 0961-7671
DOI - 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2002.tb00665.x
Subject(s) - medicine , drug , intensive care medicine , pharmacology
Focal points The study involved used a two‐round Delphi questionnaire survey of a total of 17 general practitioners and pharmacists, to assess the face and content validity and develop consensus for 31 indicators for preventable drug‐related morbidity (PDRM) Consensus that an indicator represented a PDRM was achieved for 15 indicators Combining these results with that from previous work has identified 34 PDRM indicators suitable for use in the UK This study has highlighted the difficulty of identifying the process of care needed to prevent specific drug‐related morbidities The results of operationalising these indicators will help focus an intervention to facilitate improvements in medicines usage in UK primary care