Pharmacy fall prevention services for the community-dwelling elderly: Patient engagement and expectations.

ABSTRACT: Medication use is an important risk factor for falls. Community pharmacists should therefore organise fall prevention care; however, little is known about patients' expectations of such services. This qualitative study aims to explore the expectations of community-dwelling older patients regarding fall prevention services provided by community pharmacies. Telephone intakes, followed by three focus groups, were conducted with 17 patients, who were aged ≥75 years, used at least one fall risk-increasing drug (FRID) and were registered at a community pharmacy in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Some time of the focus groups was spent on playing a game involving knowledge questions and activities to stimulate discussion of topics related to falling. Data were collected between January 2020 and April

SUBMITTER: Gemmeke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9290894 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature