Tailoring a complex intervention to reduce antidepressants in institutionalized older persons with dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

First-line treatment for behavioral and psychiatric symptoms of dementia is non-pharmacological. Still, psychotropic medication is widely used, despite its limited effect and harmful side-effects. More than half of all nursing home residents with dementia receive antidepressants, even though deprescribing is safe and feasible. Interventions to promote deprescribing of antidepressants in nursing homes are few and complex. To optimize the deprescribing process through an intervention, transparency for the development of the intervention is needed. We aim to describe the steps in the development and tailoring of an intervention targeting GPs, nursing home staff, and relatives to enhance collaboration on reducing the use of antidepressants in institutionalized older person

SUBMITTER: Holmkjær P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9791154 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature