{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["33(6)"],"submitter":["Sanchez S"],"pubmed_abstract":["Background
Older persons are particularly exposed to adverse events from medication. Among the various strategies to reduce polypharmacy, educational approaches have shown promising results. We aimed to evaluate the impact on medication consumption, of a booklet designed to aid physicians with prescriptions for elderly nursing home residents.Methods
Among 519 nursing homes using an electronic pill dispenser, we recorded the daily number of times that a drug was administered for each resident, over a period of 4 years. The intervention group comprised 113 nursing homes belonging to a for-profit geriatric care provider that implemented a booklet delivered to prescribers and pharmacists and specifically designed to aid with prescriptions for elderly nursing home residents. The"],"journal":["Aging clinical and experimental research"],"pagination":["1599-1607"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8203501"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["No impact of a prescription booklet on medication consumption in nursing home residents from 2011 to 2014: a controlled before-after study."],"pmcid":["PMC8203501"],"pubmed_authors":["Sanchez S","Chrusciel J","Mahmoudi R","Ecarnot F","Novella JL","Armaingaud D","Payet C","Herr M","Blochet C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"No impact of a prescription booklet on medication consumption in nursing home residents from 2011 to 2014: a controlled before-after study.","description":"Background
Older persons are particularly exposed to adverse events from medication. Among the various strategies to reduce polypharmacy, educational approaches have shown promising results. We aimed to evaluate the impact on medication consumption, of a booklet designed to aid physicians with prescriptions for elderly nursing home residents.Methods
Among 519 nursing homes using an electronic pill dispenser, we recorded the daily number of times that a drug was administered for each resident, over a period of 4 years. The intervention group comprised 113 nursing homes belonging to a for-profit geriatric care provider that implemented a booklet delivered to prescribers and pharmacists and specifically designed to aid with prescriptions for elderly nursing home residents. The","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Jun","modification":"2025-04-18T18:58:40.316Z","creation":"2022-02-10T14:58:52.334Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8203501","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32748114"],"doi":["10.1007/s40520-020-01670-5"]}}