Journal article
Interventions to Improve Metabolic Risk Screening Among Adult Patients Taking Antipsychotic Medication: A Systematic Review
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Antipsychotic use is associated with elevated cardiometabolic risk. Guidelines for metabolic risk screening of individuals taking antipsychotics have been issued, but with little uptake into clinical practice. This review systematically assessed interventions that address this guideline-to-practice gap and described their quality, improvement strategies, and effect on screening rates.
METHODS: Studies of interventions that addressed …
Authors
Melamed OC; Wong EN; LaChance LR; Kanji S; Taylor VH
Journal
Psychiatric Services, Vol. 70, No. 12, pp. 1138–1156
Publisher
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication Date
December 1, 2019
DOI
10.1176/appi.ps.201900108
ISSN
1075-2730