Blar i Legemiddelbruk og pasientsikkerhet på emneord "tverrsnittstudie"
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Co-morbidity and drug treatment in Alzheimer’s disease. A cross sectional study of participants in the Dementia Study in Northern Norway
(Journal article, 2011)Background Inappropriate medical treatment of co-morbidities in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an increasing concern in geriatric medicine. The objective of this study was to compare current drug use related to co-morbidity ... -
Doctors are to blame for perceived medical adverse events. A cross sectional population study. The Tromsø study
(Journal article, 2013)Background: Most current knowledge of the incidence of medical adverse events (AEs) comes from studies carried out in hospital settings. Little is known about AEs occurring outside hospitals, in spite the fact that most ... -
Gir innføring av multidose riktigere legemiddelbruk?
(Journal article, 2012)Hensikt: Hensikten med studien er å kartlegge hvor dan uttaket av legemidler målt i definerte døgndoser (DDD) påvirkes av innføring av multidose for pasienter tilknyttet hjemmesykepleien. Både det totale uttaket og uttaket ... -
Inappropriate prescribing for the elderly—a modern epidemic?
(Journal article, 2012)PURPOSE: The elderly often use several drugs on a regular basis and are especially at risk for drug-related harm from side effects and interactions. The aim of this study was to explore the overall prevalence of and ... -
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 medication review in nursing home residents: what are the most significant drug-related problems? The Bergen District Nursing Home (BEDNURS) study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2003)Aim: based on a multidisciplinary review of drug use in nursing home residents, this study aimed to identify the most frequent clinically relevant medication problems and to analyse them according to the drugs involved and ... -
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 ... -
Potentially inappropriate medication use among elderly home care patients in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use among elderly patients have been used in the past decade in large US epidemiological surveys to identify populations at risk and specifically target risk-management ... -
What is the matter with crushing pills and opening capsules?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)This study aims to map out to what degree medication is being crushed and mixed into the patients' food and beverages and how often this practice included medication, which has a statement in the Norwegian pharmaceutical ...