No impact of a prescription booklet on medication consumption in nursing home residents from 2011 to 2014: a controlled before-after study.

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Date publication

juin 2021

Journal

Aging clinical and experimental research

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MAHMOUDI Abd-El-Rachid

Tous les auteurs :
Sanchez S, Payet C, Herr M, Ecarnot F, Blochet C, Armaingaud D, Chrusciel J, Novella JL, Mahmoudi R

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32748114

Résumé

Older persons are particularly exposed to adverse events from medication. Among the various strategies to reduce polypharmacy, educational approaches have shown promising results. We aimed to evaluate the impact on medication consumption, of a booklet designed to aid physicians with prescriptions for elderly nursing home residents.