Factors associated with clinical inertia: an integrative review

[en] Failure to initiate or intensify therapy according to evidence-based guidelines is increasingly being acknowledged as a phenomenon that contributes to inadequate management of chronic conditions, and is referred to as clinical inertia. However, the number and complexity of factors associated with the clinical reasoning that underlies the decision-making processes in medicine calls for a critical examination of the consistency of the concept. Indeed, in the absence of information on and justification of treatment decisions that were made, clinical inertia may be only apparent, and actually reflect good clinical practice. This integrative review seeks to address the factors generally associated with clinical inaction, in order to better delineate the concept of true clinical inertia.

Disciplines :

Human health sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others

Author, co-author :

Aujoulat, I

Jacquemin, p

Rietzschel, E

SCHEEN, André ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Diabétologie,nutrition, maladies métaboliques

Tréfois, P

Wens, J

Darras, E

Hermans, MP

Language :

English

Title :

Factors associated with clinical inertia: an integrative review

Publication date :

May 2014

Journal title :

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

ISSN :

1179-7258

Publisher :

Dove press

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Pages :

141-147

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