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Medication management at home
— medication-related risk factors associated with poor health outcomes | | Author(s) | Lene Sorensen, Julie A Stokes, David M Purdie |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 34, no 6, November 2005 |
| Pages | pp 626-632 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Drugs ; At risk ; Ill health ; Living in the community ; Correlation ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Some patients may have medication-related risk factors which are only identified in home visits. In a cross-sectional study of 204 general practice patients living in their own homes in Australia, medications and medication-related risk factors were identified by community pharmacists and general practitioners (GPs). The medication-related risk factors were examined as determinants of patients' self-reported health related quality of life (SF-36) and their medication use, as well as physicians' impression of patient adverse drug events and health status. Key medication-related risk factors associated with poor health outcomes included: lack of any medication administration routine; therapeutic duplication; hoarding; confusion between generic trade names; multiple prescribers; discontinued medication repeats retained; and multiple storage locations. Older age and female gender were associated with some poorer health outcomes. In addition, expired medication and poor adherence were also associated with poor health outcomes, however, not independently. The findings support he theory that polypharmacy and medication-related risk factors as a result of polypharmacy are correlated to poor health outcomes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060202212 A |
| Classmark | LLD: CA3: CH: K4: 49: 7YA |
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