Developing a complex intervention targeting antipsychotic prescribing to nursing home residents with dementia.

ABSTRACT: Background: Antipsychotics are commonly prescribed to people living with dementia in nursing home settings, despite strong guideline recommendations against their use except in limited circumstances. We aimed to transparently describe the development process for a complex intervention targeting appropriate requesting and prescribing of antipsychotics to nursing home residents with dementia in Ireland, by nurses and general practitioners (GPs) respectively. Methods: We report the development process for the 'Rationalising Antipsychotic Prescribing in Dementia' (RAPID) complex intervention, in accordance with the 'Guidance for reporting intervention development studies in health research' (GUIDED) checklist.  The UK Medical Research Council framework for developing and evaluati

SUBMITTER: Walsh KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8185579 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature