Editorial: Canadian Association on Gerontology Policy Statement: Seniors and Prescription Drugs [PDF]
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Aims Several methods exist to identify hospital admissions related to adverse drug events (ADEs). Clinical adjudication by healthcare professionals is the gold standard but is labour‐intensive. Spontaneous reporting and routinely collected healthcare data using a set of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes often underestimate the ...
Zuzana Juhásová+2 more
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Did the COVID-19 pandemic increase the long-term care insurance certification rate in Japan? An interrupted time-series analysis. [PDF]
Seino S+5 more
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Prescribing competence: The pros and cons of different methods for assessment
Evaluating a medical graduate’s competence in rational prescribing is challenging. With the aim to guide and inspire teachers, this narrative review explores different methods that can be used to assess prescribing competence. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, and thus a mix of different assessment methods is needed throughout the ...
David J. Brinkman+3 more
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Effect of Self-Quantification on Caregiver Burden and Depression Among Family Caregivers: A SWING-Japan Study. [PDF]
Fujihara S+7 more
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International Association of Gerontology and Rapid Progress of Gerontology [PDF]
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Aims At Koç University School of Medicine, a one‐week rational pharmacotherapy (RPHM) programme, modelled after WHO 6‐step, has been introduced in the fourth‐year curriculum to improve prescription skills. For efficient problem‐based learning (PBL) sessions on a prespecified topic, students need to brush up on basic pharmacology knowledge, so we ...
Sinem Ezgi Gülmez+2 more
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Comment on "Survey on the Knowledge and Practices in Anorexia of Aging Diagnosis and Management in Japan" by Takagi et al.-The Authors' Reply. [PDF]
Takagi S+10 more
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The synergistic effect of anticholinergic burden and depression on fall risk in older persons
Aims Both anticholinergic burden (ACB) and depression are known to increase fall risk in older persons, next to increasing morbidity and mortality. However, the effect of depression on fall risk associated with ACB is unclear. This is relevant because several antidepressants have anticholinergic effects to some extent.
Raymond Salet+7 more
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Examining apathy prevalence and associated factors among older adults after the Great East Japan Earthquake: a mixed-methods study. [PDF]
Yamashita M+7 more
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