Use of NSAIDs for osteoarthritis amongst older-aged primary care patients: Engagement with information and perceptions of risk

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-259

  Milder, Tamara Y ^a   Williams, Kenneth M ^a   Ritchie, Jan E ^a   Lipworth, Wendy L ^a   Day, Richard O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly; Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs; Osteoarthritis; Qualitative research; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRANSFERENCE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79951801968     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq160     Document Type: Article

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