Assessment of medication management by community-living elderly persons with two standardized assessment tools: A cross-sectional study

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-153

  Hutchison, Lisa C ^a   Jones, Susan K ^b   West, Donna S ^a   Wei, Jeanne Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; cognitive function; elderly; medication management

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTACID AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; FERROUS SULFATE; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; HYOSCYAMINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LAXATIVE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LORATADINE; METHOTREXATE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PANTOPRAZOLE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TOLTERODINE;

ACCURACY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCONTINENCE; INFLUENZA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABILITY; LEG SWELLING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BRUISING; SLEEP DISORDER; STANDARD; STOMACH PAIN; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYNCOPE; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CARE;

EID: 33745943765     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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