Publications by authors named "Maria Isabel Baena Parejo"
Multimodal Interventions to Improve the Management of Chronic Non-Malignant Pain in Primary Care Using Participatory Research.
Clin Pract
August 2021
Background: The use of diverse therapies combined with a multidisciplinary approach and prevention initiatives for patients with chronic non-malignant pain (CNMP) can improve health and have a positive impact on psychotropic drug use and the self-management of pain.
Purpose: This purpose of this study has been two-fold: to conduct a literature review with a view to selecting best evidence recommendations for CNMP and to prioritize self-care recommendations using a participatory methodology for the analysis and selection of interventions.
Methods: A qualitative, descriptive, and documentary method based on participatory action research was used.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To detect the frequency of negative outcomes associated with medication in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) who are attended in a hospital emergency department, and to assess type and severity of such outcomes related to AF medications as well as the rate of preventable negative outcomes.
Material And Methods: Descriptive, observational cross-sectional study in patients with permanent AF who were attended in the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital during a 3-month period. A pharmacist interviewed the patients to record demographic characteristics, health problems, degree of functional impairment, and current drug treatments.
Background: Medication errors lead to morbidity and mortality among emergency department (ED) patients. An inaccurate medication history is one of the underlying causes of these errors.
Objectives: This study was performed to determine the prevalence of patients with discrepancies between the medical list information contained in the clinical history compiled on admission to the ED and the list of medications patients are actually taking, to characterize the discrepancies found, and to analyze whether certain factors are associated with the risk of discrepancies.
Objective: Patient knowledge of their medicines is closely associated to a better rational use of drugs, thus achieving better health outcomes from their use. The objective of this study is to design and validate a questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge patients have about their medicines.
Design: (A) Questionnaire: Literature review, some qualitative techniques (expert panel, brainstorming, Delphi method) and some pilot studies.
Objective: To select clinical situations that can be used as risk indicators of preventable morbidity caused by drugs at the community pharmacies, and to study their acceptability, in terms of pertinence and relevance.
Methods: We used the Delphi technique, in 2 rounds, by a panel of 14 medical doctors and pharmacists experts, to study the relevance of 68 types of clinical situations as risk indicators of preventable morbidity related to drug utilization used by health professionals in community pharmacies, with scientific evidence of foreseeable adverse result, frequent situations in ambulatory care and with controllable cause and result.
Results: 43 of the 68 indicators were considered usable and pertinent.