Community pharmacists' perceptions on providing fall prevention services: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT: Background Pharmacists may contribute to fall prevention particularly by identifying and deprescribing fall risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) in patients with high fall risk. Objective To assess community pharmacists' perceptions on providing fall prevention services, and to identify their barriers and facilitators in offering these fall prevention services including deprescribing of FRIDs. Setting A mixed-methods study was conducted with Dutch pharmacists. Method Quantitative (ranking statements on a Likert scale, survey) and qualitative data (semi-structured interviews) were collected. Out of 466 pharmacists who were invited to participate, 313 Dutch pharmacists ranked statements, about providing fall prevention, that were presented during a lecture, and 205 completed a survey. To explore ph

SUBMITTER: Gemmeke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8642357 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature