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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Patterns and Predictors of Medication Change after Discharge from Hospital: An Observational Study in Older Adults with Neurological Disorders.

Anna Schwarzkopf, Aline Schönenberg, Tino Prell

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna SchwarzkopfDepartment of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.
Aline SchönenbergDepartment of Geriatrics, Halle University Hospital, 06120 Halle, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2913-9535
Tino PrellDepartment of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, 07747 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6423-3108
Jena University Hospital · DEUniversity Hospital in Halle · DE

Funding

Federal Ministry of Education and Research 01GY1804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMedication is often changed after inpatient treatment, which affects the course of the disease, health behavior and adherence. Thus, it is important to understand patterns of medication changes after discharge from hospital.

methodsInpatients at the Department of Neurology received a comprehensive assessment during their stay, including adherence, depression, cognition, health and sociodemographic variables. A month after being discharged, patients were contacted to enquire about post-discharge medication changes.

results910 older adults aged 70 ± 8.6 years participated, of which 204 (22.4%) reported medication changes. The majority of changes were initiated by physicians (

conclusionPatients reported less post-discharge medication changes than expected, and contrary to previous literature on nonadherence, only a fraction of those changes were performed by patients themselves. Socioeconomic and clinical parameters regarding personality, mood and cognition were poorly associated with post-discharge medication changes. Instead, individual health-related factors play a role, with patient factors only indirectly influencing physicians' decisions.

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adherenceelderlyhospital dischargemedication changeParkinson’s diseasepolypharmacypotentially inappropriate medication

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PMID35160015
PMCPMC8836689
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