How do patient, pharmacist and medication characteristics and prescription drug monitoring program alerts influence pharmacists' decisions to dispense opioids? A randomised controlled factorial experiment

Original research
par
Picco, Louisa et al

Date de publication

2022

Géographie

Australia

Langue de la ressource

English

Texte disponible en version intégrale

Non

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Non

Évalué par des pairs

Yes

L’objectif

This study aimed to determine to what extent patient, pharmacist, and medication related characteristics and prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) alerts influence decisions to dispense opioids and take other action.

Constatations/points à retenir

These findings suggest PDMP alerts are a greater driver of decisions to dispense opioids and take other actions, compared with other known clinical risk factors.

La conception ou méthodologie de recherche

Pharmacists completed an online factorial experiment, comprising six randomly generated vignettes, describing a hypothetical pharmacy patient. 241 pharmacists were included in the analysis (n = 1353 vignettes).

Mots clés

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