Blar i Legemiddelbruk og pasientsikkerhet på tidsskrift "Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care"
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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 ... -
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. ... -
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. ...