Effects of "fit for the Aged" (FORTA) on pharmacotherapy and clinical endpoints - A pilot randomized controlled study

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1261-1267

  Michalek, Carina ^a   Wehling, Martin ^b   Schlitzer, Jeanina ^a   Frohnhofen, Helmut ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barthel Index; Drugs fit for the elderly (FORTA); Falls; Medication quality; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PILOT STUDY; POLYPHARMACY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84929676312     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-014-1731-9     Document Type: Article

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