Prevalence of self-reported risk factors for medication misadventure among older people in general practice

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-208

  Pit, Sabrina W ^a,b   Byles, Julie E ^a   Cockburn, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Family practice; Medication; Questionnaires; Risk factors; Self report

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; STOMACH DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG INCOMPATIBILITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 40449091205     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2007.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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