The Severity of Dependence Scale detects medication misuse and dependence among hospitalized older patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In older patients, timely recognition and treatment of medication misuse and dependence are crucial to secure medication safety and to avoid increasing health expenditure. Nonetheless, the detection of this condition remains challenging due to the paucity of screening instruments validated for older people. This study assesses diagnostic accuracy, reliability, validity and the factor structure of the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) in detecting medication misuse and dependence among hospitalized older patients, focusing on prescribed central nervous system depressants (CNSDs): opioid analgesics, benzodiazepines and z-hypnotics.

Methods

246 adults aged 65-90 were recruited consecutively from somatic departments of the Akershus University Hospital, Norway. Among

SUBMITTER: Cheng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6591833 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature