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Table 6 Incidence of care episodes with triggers pointing at deficient quality of care

From: Adverse events in psychiatry: a national cohort study in Sweden with a unique psychiatric trigger tool

Trigger

Number (Percent)

Treatment

 Absence of care plan

926 (36.3)

 Lack of documented physical observations

582 (22.8)

 Lack of suicide risk assessment

401 (15.7)

 Absence of family contact

272 (10.7)

 Absence of intervention plan

235 (9.2)

 Lack of review of crime relapse risk

19 (0.7)

Drugs

 Absence of the alcohol use disorder identification test (AUDIT)

319 (12.5)

 Absence of a urinary lab test when addiction is suspected

218 (8.5)

 Absence of the expiratory alcohol test

107 (4.2)

 Absence of the addiction severity index (ASIA)

50 (2.0)

Coercive treatment

 Coercion treatment–administrative failure

76 (3.0)

Medicine

 Use of more than five different psychotropic drugs

251 (10.1)

 More than three benzodiazepines or treatment for more than 6 months

247 (9.7)

 Faults in screening for metabolic risk factors during antipsychotic treatment

202 (7.9)

 Lack of regular tests for medication with lithium, methylphenidate, methadone/buprenorphine or clozapine

187 (7.3)

 Use of three or more different antipsychotic drugs

75 (2.9)

Continuity and transition

 Lack of an accountable physician

367 (14.4)

 Unplanned discharge

268 (10.5)

 Lack of physician’s visit during the last 12 months in outpatient care

69 (2.7)