Author/Authors :
Neyaz, Y. Ministry of Health - General Directorate for Quality Development, Saudi Arabia , Khoja, T. Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Saudi Arabia , Qureshi, N.A. Ministry of Health - General Administration for Mental Health and Social Services, Saudi Arabia , Magzoub, M.A. College of Medicine - Department of Medical Education, Saudi Arabia , Haycox, A. University of Liverpool - School of Management, United Kingdom , Walley, T. University of Liverpool - Department of Internal Medicine, United Kingdom
Abstract :
Identifying the indicators of good quality medication prescribing assists physicians in preventing medication errors. This study in Riyadh city aimed to examine the relationship between physicians’ self-reported influences on prescribing and the quality of their prescribing, defined as the completeness and accuracy of their prescription documentation. A sample of 600 randomly selected prescriptions written by 87 physicians were rated as high or low quality. The same physicians completed a questionnaire to determine the indicators of quality prescribing. The 7 components identified with factor loadings +0.5 or –0.5 were subjected to binary logistic regression modelling. While a range of potential quality indicators of drug prescribing were identified, none of the variables underpinning the 7 components/factors survived the binary logistic regression mode. More studies are needed that take into account other quality indicators of medication prescribing in Saudi Arabia.
