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Distinguishing objective from subjective assessments of the severity of medication-related safety events among people with Parkinson's disease: a qualitative study.
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PMID:  22129248     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
What is known and objective:  Safety events indicating medication-related errors in Parkinson's disease (PD) are common but seldom studied, particularly from lay perspectives. Our objective was to study the meaning and significance to people living with PD of their experience of safety events. Methods:  Twenty qualitative interviews were conducted by telephone with purposively sampled individuals with PD, a proxy, or both, throughout New Zealand. Themes identified from the data included joint assessments of the objective and subjective severity of the individual safety events. Results and Discussion:  Most of the events indicated minor objective errors, whose severity was sometimes perceived as major, especially in the face of callous communication. What is new and Conclusion:  Variation between objective and subjective assessments of the severity of possible errors indicated by safety events highlight the importance of distinguishing between, and using, both forms of assessment.
Authors:
S Buetow; J Henshaw; R Cha; D O'Sullivan
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-12-1
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1365-2710     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-12-1     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8704308     Medline TA:  J Clin Pharm Ther     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Affiliation:
Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland, Auckland The Chief Executive Parkinson's New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand.
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