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Community-based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people, stratified by frailty: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Health Technology Assessment
Background Sustaining independence is important for older people, but there is insufficient guidance about which community health and care services to implement.
Thomas Frederick Crocker, Natalie Lam, Joie Ensor, Magda Jordão, Ram Bajpai, Matthew Bond, Anne Forster, Richard D Riley, Deirdre Andre, Caroline Brundle, Alison Ellwood, John Green, Matthew Hale, Jessica Morgan, Eleftheria Patetsini, Matthew Prescott, Ridha Ramiz, Oliver Todd, Rebecca Walford, John Gladman, Andrew Clegg   +20 more
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Cooperation between geriatricians and general practitioners for improved pharmacotherapy in home-dwelling elderly people receiving polypharmacy – the COOP Study: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2017
Background Polypharmacy and inappropriate drug use is associated with negative health outcomes among older people. Various interventions for improving drug treatment have been evaluated, but the majority of studies are limited by the use of surrogate ...
Rita Romskaug, Espen Molden, Jørund Straand, Hege Kersten, Eva Skovlund, Kaisu H Pitkala, Torgeir Bruun Wyller   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medication-related infrastructure and medication reviews in nursing homes—a rapid appraisal study

BMC Health Services Research
Background Around 86% of Switzerland's nursing home (NH) residents have polypharmacy (≥ 5 concomitant medications); almost 80% use a potentially inappropriate medication increasing their risk of medication-related problems. Medication reviews can optimize medication safety by fostering interprofessional collaboration, leading to medication therapy ...
Carla Meyer-Massetti, Magdalena Osińska, Naomi Welte, Franziska Zúñiga   +3 more
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Evaluation of home medication review for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by community pharmacists: a randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

Pharm Pract (Granada), 2021
Rosli MR, Neoh CF, Wu DB, Hassan NW, Mahmud M, Rahimi A, Karuppannan M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Early Clinical, Imaging, and Pathological Characteristics of SRPK3/TTN‐Digenic Myopathy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective SRPK3/TTN‐digenic myopathy was recently established as a skeletal muscle myopathy caused by digenic inheritance. This study characterizes the early clinical presentation of SRPK3/TTN‐digenic myopathy in one previously reported and seven newly identified pediatric patients.
Rotem Orbach, Sandra Donkervoort, Carola Hedberg‐Oldfors, Giovanni Baranello, Dimah Saade, Precilla D'Souza, Ruchee Patel, Eva Michael, A. Reghan Foley, Diana Bharucha‐Goebel, S. Jin Haugland, Meghan McAnally, Omer Abdul Hamid, Katherine Chao, Ellen F. Macnamara, Alan H. Beggs, Anna Sarkozy, Juliane Mueller, Steven A. Moore, Richard S. Finkel, Cynthia J. Tifft, Francesco Muntoni, Anders Oldfors, Carsten G. Bönnemann   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comprehensive Characterization of 98 Chinese Cases of Genetic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob Disease With T188K Mutation

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To characterize the demographic, clinical, and laboratory features of the Chinese patients of genetic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease with T188K variant (T188K‐gCJD), the most common subtype of genetic prion diseases (gPrDs) in China. Methods In this nationwide retrospective study, data from 98 genetically confirmed T188K‐gCJD patients ...
Chun‐Jie Li, Dong‐Lin Liang, Li‐Ping Gao, Wei‐Wei Zhang, Wei Zhou, A. Ruhan, Bing Xu, Run‐Dong Cao, Kang Xiao, Cao Chen, Qi Shi, Xiao‐Ping Dong   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of medication reviews on use of potentially inappropriate medications in elderly patients; a cross-sectional study in Swedish primary care

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Drug use among the elderly population is generally extensive and the use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) is common, which increases the risk for drug-related problems (DRP).
Cecilia Lenander, Åsa Bondesson, Nina Viberg, Anders Beckman, Patrik Midlöv   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understandings and social practices of medications for Zimbabwean households in New Zealand [PDF]

, 2011
Medications are a central part of health care. How medications are understood and used by people in everyday life remains unclear. This study looks at understanding and social practices of medications in everyday life for Zimbabwean households in New ...
Groot, Shiloh Ann Maree, Nikora, Linda Waimarie, Kamutingondo, Stanley, Hodgetts, Darrin   +3 more
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Evaluation of Digital Technologies for Home‐Based Assessment in People With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Digital technologies hold promise for transforming healthcare by enhancing personalized treatments and offer valuable opportunities to improve patient care. Here, we evaluated several novel, self‐administered, home‐based, digital endpoints for their association with corresponding conventional standard clinical measures (primary) in ...
Arne Mueller, Vanessa Vallejo, Mónica Povedano Panadés, Orla Hardiman, Véronique Danel‐Brunaud, Senda Ajroud‐Driss, Philippe Couratier, Jeremy Shefner, Anna Gokey, Mike DiCesare, Erin Lennox, Jens Praestgaard, Lucie Brujin, Peggy Allred, Ram Miller   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing The Influence of Home Medication Review on Medication Storage, Self-Medication Practices, And Polypharmacy

, 2023
The prevalence of medication-related issues, such as improper storage, self-medication practices, and polypharmacy, poses significant public health challenges. This study aimed to assess the impact of home medication reviews on addressing these issues among residents in Dakshina Kannada District. This comprehensive research study assessed the influence
openaire   +2 more sources