Association of a Communication Training Program With Use of Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Off-label antipsychotic prescribing in nursing homes (NHs) is common and is associated with increased risk of mortality in older adults. Prior large-scale, controlled trials in the NH setting failed to show meaningful reductions in antipsychotic use.

Objective

To quantify the influence of a large-scale communication training program on NH antipsychotic use called OASIS.

Design, setting, and participants

This investigation was a quasi-experimental longitudinal study of NHs in Massachusetts enrolled in the OASIS intervention. Participants were residents living in NHs between March 1, 2011, and August 31, 2013. The data were analyzed from December 2015, to March 2016, and from November through December 2016.

Exposures

The OASIS educational program targe

SUBMITTER: Tjia J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5818825 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature