An evaluation of an adapted U.S. model of pharmaceutical care to improve psychoactive prescribing for nursing home residents in Northern Ireland (Fleetwood Northern Ireland Study)

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-53

  Patterson, Susan M ^a   Hughes, Carmel M ^a   Crealey, Grainne ^b   Cardwell, Chris ^a   Lapane, Kate L ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized controlled trial; Nursing homes; Pharmaceutical care; Psychoactive medication

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949097546     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02617.x     Document Type: Article

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