Does Psychotropic Drug Prescription Change in Nursing Home Patients the First 6 Months After Admission
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Prescription rates of antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, sedatives, and hypnotics increased in people with dementia from BL to 6m, and higher Neuropsychiatric Inventory-affective subsyndrome scores at BL were associated with higher odds of sedative and hypnotic prescription at both assessment points.About:
This article is published in Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.The article was published on 2021-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Psychotropic drug & Medical prescription.read more
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Prevalence of psychotropic polypharmacy in nursing home residents with dementia: a meta-analysis
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis of data collected from randomized trials, quasi-experimental, prospective or retrospective cohort, and cross-sectional studies was performed to examine potentially influential factors that are related to a higher or lower prevalence of psychotropic polypharmacy.
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Medications in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care: Challenges and Controversies.
Philip D. Sloane,Nicole Brandt,Antonio Cherubini,T.S. Dharmarajan,David Dosa,Joseph T. Hanlon,Paul R. Katz,Raymond T.C.M. Koopmans,Rosemary D. Laird,Mirko Petrovic,Todd P. Semla,Edwin C.K. Tan,Sheryl Zimmerman +12 more
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Do prescription rates of psychotropic drugs change over three years from nursing home admission
Enrico Callegari,Jūratė Šaltytė Benth,Jūratė Šaltytė Benth,Jūratė Šaltytė Benth,Geir Selbæk,Geir Selbæk,Cato Grønnerød,Sverre Bergh +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how psychotropic drugs (PTDs) are prescribed in nursing home (NH) patients from admission and over a 3-year period, to understand which clinical and environmental factors are associated with PTD prescription.
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Association between psychotropic drug use and handgrip strength in older hospitalized patients.
Miriam Kristine Sandvik,Leiv Otto Watne,Anniken Brugård,Anniken Brugård,Marte Sofie Wang-Hansen,Hege Kersten +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the association between psychotropic drug use and handgrip strength in older hospitalized patients and found that increasing number of psychotropic drugs were significantly associated with reduced hand-grasp strength in a linearly pattern.
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The impact of medication reviews by general practitioners on psychotropic drug use and behavioral and psychological symptoms in home-dwelling people with dementia: results from the multicomponent cluster randomized controlled LIVE@Home.Path trial
Marie H Gedde,Bettina S. Husebo,Janne Mannseth,Mala Naik,G. Selbaek,Maarja Vislapuu,Line Iden Berge +6 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the impact of a multicomponent intervention, emphasizing medication reviews, on psychotropic drugs and behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) in home-dwelling dementia patients and quantified change in patient-GP communication evaluated by their informal caregivers.
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