Impact of pharmacist-led home medicines review services on drug-related problems among the elderly population: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To address and elucidate the impact of pharmacist-led home medicines review (HMR) services on identifying drug-related problems (DRPs) among the elderly population in home care settings.

Methods

A comprehensive systematic search was performed using electronic scientific databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and Web of Science for studies published between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2018, pertaining to HMR services by pharmacists for identifying DRPs.

Results

In total, 4,292 studies were retrieved from the searches, of which 24 were excluded as duplicates. Titles and abstracts were screened for the remaining 4,268 studies, of which 4,239 were excluded due to the extraneous nature of the titles and/or abstracts. Subsequently, 29 full-text articles w

SUBMITTER: Gudi SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6635662 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature