W Simonson, JL Feinberg - Drugs Aging, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com The elderly population is at great risk for medication-related problems as a
Abstract result of age-related physiological changes, the presence of multiple
chronic diseases and conditions, and the types and numbers of prescription ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
J Straand, A Fetveit, S Rognstad, S Gjelstad, … - BMC Health Services Research, 2006 - biomedcentral.com Approximately 80 peer continuing medical education (CME) groups (about 600 GPs)
in southern Norway will be recruited to a cluster randomized trial.
Participating groups will be randomized either to an intervention- or a ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - Cached - All 7 versions
PS Nishtala, AJ McLachlan, JS Bell, TF Chen - American Journal of Geriatric Psych, 2008 - journals.lww.com From the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia (PSN, AJM, JSB, TFC); Centre for Education and Research on Ageing,
Concord Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia (AJM); and the ... Cited by 9 - Related articles - All 7 versions
M Brekke, S Hunskaar, J Straand - BMC Public Health, 2006 - biomedcentral.com Between one third (males) and one quarter (females) did not take any drug the
previous day. Mean number of drugs among users was 2.8 (men and women). 32% used
three or more drugs and 11.5% five or more. Hypertension and other ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - Cached - All 8 versions
L Bregnhøj, S Thirstrup, MB Kristensen, L … - Pharmacy World & Science, 2007 - Springer Abstract Objective: To describe the prevalence of inappropriate prescribing in
primary care in Copenhagen County, according to the Medication Appropriateness
Index (MAI) and to identify the therapeutic areas most commonly involved. ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
F Finkers, JG Maring, F Boersma, K Taxis - Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 2007 - sff.fmns.rug.nl Background: Little is known about the extent of drug-related problems of
polypharmacy patients in Dutch nursing homes. Objectives: We investigated the
feasibility of teams of hospital pharmacists and nursing home physicians ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 6 versions
C Cornelius - Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2004 - journals.lww.com Recent findings: Increasing drug use makes polypharmacy a common problem in the
elderly, and indications of inappropriate medication were often found in the
studies reviewed. Inappropriate medication also includes undertreatment, ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
NG Castle - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental …, 2006 - Springer Abstract We investigate the nexus between mental health outcomes in nursing home
residents and the use of physical restraints. Previous studies in this area used
limited statistical tests such as correlations and t-tests, that could not ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
K Lindström, A Ekedahl, A Carlsten, J … - Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2007 - informahealthcare.com Objective. To investigate whether treatment with selective serotonin reuptake
inhibitors (SSRIs) could be withdrawn for elderly residents who had been on
treatment for at least one year and to evaluate a method for systematic ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
S Ruths - Norsk Epidemiologi, 2008 - ub.ntnu.no Objectives: To examine prescribing quality among nursing home patients. Methods:
A cross sectional study in 23 nursing homes, based on drug charts. The
evaluation of prescribing quality was based on selected drug-specific ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - View as HTML - All 2 versions
