Browsing Omsorgsbiblioteket by Journals "Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care"
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Comprehensive discharge follow-up in patients homes by GPs and district nurses of elderly patients
(Journal article, 2010)Objectives: Many hospital admissions are due to inappropriate medical treatment, and discharge of fragile elderly patients involves a high risk of readmission. The present study aimed to assess whether a follow-up programme ... -
Drug treatment at the end of life: An epidemiologic study in nursing homes
(Journal article, 2014)Objective. To examine drug treatment in nursing home patients at the end of life, and identify predictors of palliative drug therapy. Design. A historical cohort study. Setting. Three urban nursing homes in Norway. Subjects. ... -
Drug treatment in the elderly: an intervention in primary care to enhance prescription quality and quality of life
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Objective: the aim of the study was to assess the effect on prescription quality and quality of life after intervention with prescription reviews and promotion of patient participation in primary care. Design: a randomized ... -
Early experiences with the multidose drug dispensing system – A matter of trust?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Objective: to study early experiences with multidose drug dispensing (MDD) among different groups of health personnel. Design: qualitative study based on focus-group interviews. Setting: primary health care, Trondheim, ... -
Effects of a pharmacist-led structured medication review in primary care on drug-related problems and hospital admission rates: a randomized controlled trial
(Journal article, 2014)Objective . To determine whether a pharmacist-led medications review in primary care reduces the number of drugs and the number of drug-related problems. Design. Prospective randomized controlled trial. Setting. Liljeholmen ... -
Factors influencing prescribing of fall-risk-increasing drugs to the elderly: a qualitative study
(Journal article, 2015)Objective. Explore the situations in which GPs associate drug use with falls among their elderly patients, and the factors influencing the prescribing and cessation of fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs). Design. A qualitative ... -
Falls risk among a very old home-dwelling population
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)The aim of this prospective study was to examine risk factors of falling in a very old home-dwelling population. Design: a prospective study of home-dwelling elderly people. Methods: baseline data were collected by ... -
Inappropriate prescribing for older people admitted to an intermediate-care nursing home unit and hospital wards
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Objective: to identify inappropriate prescribing among older patients on admission to and discharge from an intermediatecare nursing home unit and hospital wards, and to compare changes during stay within and between these ... -
Multi-dose drug dispensing and inappropriate drug use: a nationwide register-based study of over 700 000 elderly
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)Objective: to investigate whether the use of multi-dose drug dispensing is associated with potentially inappropriate drug use (IDU). Design: Cross-sectional nationwide register-based study. Setting: Sweden. Subjects: people ... -
Multidisciplinary intervention to identify and resolve drug-related problems in Norwegian nursing homes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Objective: to describe an innovative team intervention to identify and resolve DRPs (drug-related problems) in Norwegian nursing homes. Design: descriptive intervention study. Setting: three nursing homes in Bergen, Norway. ... -
Multidisciplinary intervention to identify and resolve drug-related problems in Norwegian nursing homes
(Journal article, 2010)Objective. To describe an innovative team intervention to identify and resolve DRPs (drug-related problems) in Norwegian nursing homes. Design. Descriptive intervention study. Setting. Three nursing homes in Bergen, Norway. ... -
Patient safety culture in Norwegian primary care: a study in out-of-hours casualty clinics and GP practices
(Journal article, 2014)Objective: this study aimed to investigate patient safety attitudes amongst health care providers in Norwegian primary care by using the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire, in both out-of-hours (OOH) casualty clinics and GP ... -
Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: how common?
(Journal article, 2008)Objective. To assess Norwegian general practitioners’ (GPs’) level of potentially harmful drug prescribing for elderly patients. Design. Prescription data for 12 months were retrospectively retrieved from the Norwegian ... -
The Norwegian General Practice (NORGEP) criteria for assessing potentially inappropriate prescriptions to elderly patients
(Journal article, 2009)Objective. To establish a clinically relevant list with explicit criteria for pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions in general practice for elderly people ]70 years. Design. A three-round Delphi process for validating ... -
The Norwegian General Practice – Nursing Home criteria (NORGEP-NH) for potentially inappropriate medication use: a web-based Delphi study
(Journal article, 2015)Objective. To develop a set of explicit criteria for pharmacologically inappropriate medication use in nursing homes. Design. In an expert panel, a three-round Delphi consensus process was conducted via survey software. ... -
Variations in drug-related problems detected by multidisciplinary teams in Norwegian nursing homes and home nursing care
(Journal article, 2018)Objective: Traditionally, nursing homes have been associated with suboptimal drug therapy and drug-related problems (DRPs). In contrast, less is known about drug safety in homecare. The aim of this study was to describe ...