Medication Reconciliation in Primary Care: Practices, Knowledge and Attitudes in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Health Region

• Autor(es): Ascenção, Raquel ; Almeida, Mariana ; Ribeiro, Cristina ; Broeiro, Paula ; Costa, João
• Data: 2025
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/5073
• Origem: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE
• Assunto(s): Medication Errors/prevention & control; Medication Reconciliation; Patient-Centered Care; Portugal; Primary Health Care
• Tipo de Documento: Texto
• Idioma: Português
• Contribuidor(es): Repositório da Unidade Local de Saúde São José; Ordem dos Médicos

Descrição

Despite the importance of medication reconciliation for the continuity of care, there is currently no information on the practices, knowledge, and attitudes of Portuguese family doctors on this subject. This study aimed to characterize the formal medication reconciliation procedures in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Health Region, as well as the perception of family doctors in this region about what they know, how they think and how they practice medication reconciliation.

We conducted an observational, cross-sectional and descriptive study, using two observation units: primary health care units (study 1) and family doctors (study 2) in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Health Region. Data was collected through two self-completed questionnaires, which were made available online.