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ArticleNursing reports (Pavia, Italy)2022

Safe Medication Management for Polymedicated Home-Dwelling Older Adults after Hospital Discharge: A Qualitative Study of Older Adults, Informal Caregivers and Healthcare Professionals' Perspectives.

Filipa Pereira, Marion Bieri, Maria Manuela Martins, María Del Río Carral, Henk Verloo

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Article in Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Communication Processes Related to Decision-Making in Medication Management Between Healthcare Providers, Older People and Their Carers: A Systematic Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Filipa PereiraInstitute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9207-4856
Marion BieriSchool of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais/Wallis, 1950 Sion, Switzerland.
Maria Manuela MartinsPorto Higher School of Nursing, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.
María Del Río CarralResearch Center for Psychology of Health, Aging and Sport Examination, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1676-3964
Henk VerlooSchool of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais/Wallis, 1950 Sion, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5375-3255
HES-SO Valais-Wallis · CHUniversidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Lausanne · CH

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation 407440_183434/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Safe medication management is particularly challenging among polymedicated home-dwelling older adults after hospital discharge. This study aimed to identify and categorise the stressors experienced and reconstitution strategies adopted by older adults, their informal caregivers, and healthcare professionals as they manage older adults' medications after hospital discharge. A primary study collected the perspectives of 28 older adults, 17 informal caregivers, and 13 healthcare professionals using a qualitative descriptive design. The Neuman Systems Model was used as the basis for a secondary deductive content analysis. Findings revealed that post-discharge medication management at home involved numerous stressors, often including dysfunctions in communication, collaboration, and coordination between the multiple stakeholders involved. Reconstitution strategies for safe medication management were not always successful or satisfactory and were sometimes identified as stressors themselves. Older adults, informal caregivers, and healthcare professionals' perspectives highlighted several potential opportunities for improving safe medication management through nurse-led, interprofessional, patient-centred practices.

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home-dwelling older adultshospital dischargeinformal caregiversinterprofessional collaborationNeuman Systems Modelreconstitutionsafe medication managementsecondary deductive content analysisstressors

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PMID35736616
PMCPMC9230543
OpenAlexW4281781824

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