The Development and Test of an Intervention to Improve ADR Screening in Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 379.e1-379.e6

  Dilles, Tinne ^a,b   Vander Stichele, Robert H ^c   Van Bortel, Lucas M ^c   Elseviers, Monique M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drug monitoring methods; Drug therapy adverse effects; Interdisciplinary health team; Nursing homes; Safety management methods

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CITALOPRAM; DIGOXIN; FERROUS SULFATE; OMEPRAZOLE; QUETIAPINE;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NURSING HOME; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHARMACIST; PHARMANURSE; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH IRRITATION; WEIGHT GAIN; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84876799013     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Edwards I.R., Aronson J.K. Adverse drug reactions: Definitions, diagnosis, and management. Lancet 2000, 356:1255-1259.
2. Onder G., Petrovic M., Tangiisuran B., et al. Development and validation of a score to assess risk of adverse drug reactions among in-hospital patients 65 years or older: The GerontoNet ADR Risk Score. Arch Intern Med 2010, 170:1142-1148.
3. Elseviers M.M., Vander Stichele R.H., Van Bortel L.M. Drug utilization in Belgian Nursing Homes: Impact of residents' and institutional characteristics. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2010, 10:1041-1048.
4. Ruths S., Straand J., Nygaard H.A. Multidisciplinary medication review in nursing home residents: What are the most significant drug-related problems? The Bergen District Nursing Home (BEDNURS) study. Qual Saf Health Care 2003, 12:176-180.
5. Dilles T., Elseviers M.M., Van Rompaey B., et al. Barriers for nurses to safe medication management in nursing homes. J Nurs Scholarsh 2011, 43:171-180.
6. WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Statistics Methodology ATC Index with DDDs 2008 2008, WHO Collaborating Centre, Oslo.
7. Bergqvist M., Ulfvarson J., Andersen-Karlsson E. Nurse-led medication reviews and the quality of drug treatment of elderly hospitalized patients. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2009, 65:1089-1096.
8. Mannheimer B., Ulfvarson J., Eklof S., et al. Drug-related problems and pharmacotherapeutic advisory intervention at a medicine clinic. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2006, 62:1075-1081.