Health care professionals show substantial knowledge gaps about clozapine side effects, especially myocarditis and seizures¶
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q2 i? Surveys of psychiatric nurses and psychiatrists found large proportions answered incorrectly about serious side-effect risks, e.g. 95.3% (n = 123) of nurses answered incorrectly on myocarditis risk and 70.5% (n = 91) on seizure risk. → Secchi Agostina 2025
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Secchi Agostina 2025¶
Secchi Agostina, Whiskey Eromona, Nair Sajitha, Shergill Sukhi, Thomas Trudy. (2025). Competence and confidence of health care professionals in using clozapine: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis. Acta Neuropsychiatrica. https://doi.org/10.1017/neu.2025.10024
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Survey evidence reported within the review: registered psychiatric mental health nurses questioned about clozapine side-effect risks largely answered incorrectly, with "95.3% (n = 123) answered incorrectly on myocarditis risk". Similar gaps were reported for psychiatrists.
"70.5% (n = 91) of the nurses surveyed by Sanjeevi and Cocoman gave incorrect answers when questioned about the risk of seizures; 65.1% (n = 84) gave incorrect answers when questioned about the risk of metabolic effects and 95.3% (n = 123) answered incorrectly on myocarditis risk."
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Related Claims¶
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- Training improves competence in clozapine management, especially when integrated with clinical experience — related
- Publication of UK guidelines reduced variation in clozapine prescribing from 34-fold to 5-fold — related
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