Effects of local guidelines on prescribing practice and treatment outcomes in a long-stay psychiatric facility

Introduction: a gap between evidence-based recommendations for prescribing antipsychotics and its implementation in practice could be overcome by local guidelines. Aim: the aim of our study was to locally adapt the national guideline for schizophrenia and evaluate its impact on prescribing practice...

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Main Authors: Iličković Ivana M. (Author), Tomčuk Aleksandar B. (Author), Djedović Jovo M. (Author), Bećir Kristina B. (Author), Janković Slobodan M. (Author)
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Published: Srpsko lekarsko drustvo, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Introduction: a gap between evidence-based recommendations for prescribing antipsychotics and its implementation in practice could be overcome by local guidelines. Aim: the aim of our study was to locally adapt the national guideline for schizophrenia and evaluate its impact on prescribing practice as well as on clinical and humanistic outcomes in a long-stay psychiatric hospital Dobrota in Kotor, Montenegro. Subjects and Methods: This was academic, prospective, IV phase interventional study, which measured outcome before and after investigators intervention within healthcare system. The study was conducted in two six-months phases separated by implementation of the local guidelines. Prescribing practices and treatment outcomes were monitored in both phases of the study. Results: Study included 111 patients. Although the guidelines did not influence total volume of prescribed antipsychotics, social functioning and environmental aspects of quality of life were improved. Conclusions: Writing and adopting the guidelines for local use might be associated with some benefit in humanistic outcomes, but multi-faceted intervention should be considered in order to achieve more substantial impact on prescribing practices and clinical outcomes.
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