Improving physical health monitoring in psychiatry – change we need?

Abbasi, Yasir

doi:10.1192/pb.34.5.210a

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“…Despite best practice guidelines, there is a lack of systematic and uniform monitoring of patients on clozapine therapy . This study evaluated a multidisciplinary Clozapine Decision Support Tool (CDST) to improve routine monitoring of inpatients on clozapine therapy.…”

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Evaluation of a clozapine decision support tool in a mental health facility

Ally

Stallman

2016

Pharmacy Practice and Res

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The prescribing and administration of clozapine as well as monitoring requisites for patients on clozapine therapy is distinctly different from other antipsychotic drugs. This study evaluated a Clozapine Decision Support Tool (CDST) to improve patient outcomes. The CDST was developed, using current clozapine guidelines and published literature. The study was conducted at a long-stay mental health facility and included all 67 patients who were on clozapine therapy during the study period. The study comprised of a pre-and post-intervention audit of clozapine prescribing, with the introduction of the CDST as the intervention, to assess the level of clinician adherence to the clozapine guidelines. There was an overall improvement in clinician adherence to the clozapine guidelines with statistically significant improvements in monthly physical health monitoring and 6-monthly electrocardiography. The results of this study suggest that using the CDST may improve clinician adherence to current guidelines and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

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Evaluation of a clozapine decision support tool in a mental health facility

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Stallman

2016

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“…There is no association of women psychiatrists at regional or national level. 2 Unlike high-income countries, where specific needs, aspirations, areas of interest, monetary incentives, working styles, characteristics and other issues related to women psychiatrists have been studied and attempts have been made to address these, there is negligible research in this area in low-income countries. Moreover, women have a negligible role in policy-making in psychiatry.…”

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“…Currently, there is no system addressing the specific issues related to women doctors as a whole in India and other neighbouring countries on the Indian subcontinent. 2 1 Dutta R, Hawkes SL, Iversen AC, Howard L. Women in academic psychiatry. Psychiatrist 2010; 34: 313-7.…”

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