ArticleJournal of the American Medical Directors Association2022
Factors Associated with Potentially Harmful Medication Prescribing in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review.
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- Evaluation of real-world evidence to assess health outcomes related to deprescribing medications in older adults: an International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology-endorsed systematic review of methodology.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Pooled it
- Patterns of Daily Administration of Psychoactive Drug Classes for Distress Behavior in Dementia.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2026Article
- A model to increase care delivery in nursing homes: The role of Institutional Special Needs Plans.Health services research · 2025Article
- Facility-Level Differences in Antipsychotic Drug Use: Impact on Quality Outcomes for Nursing Home Residents.Medical care · 2025Article
- Associations between specialized dementia care, COVID-19 and central nervous system medication use in assisted living: a population-based repeated cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Potentially Harmful Medication Prescribing by the Degree of Physician Specialization in Nursing Home Practice: An Observational Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2023Observational
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Abstract
objectivesTo summarize current evidence regarding facility and prescriber characteristics associated with potentially harmful medication (PHM) use by residents in nursing homes (NHs), which could inform the development of interventions to reduce this potentially harmful practice.
designScoping review. SETTING AND
participantsStudies conducted in the United States that described facility and prescriber factors associated with PHM use in NHs.
methodsElectronic searches of PubMed/MEDLINE were conducted for articles published in English between April 2011 and November 2021. PHMs were defined based on the Beers List criteria. Studies testing focused interventions targeting PHM prescribing or deprescribing were excluded. Studies were characterized by the strengths and weaknesses of the analytic approach and generalizability.
resultsSystematic search yielded 1253 articles. Of these, 29 were assessed in full text and 20 met inclusion criteria. Sixteen examined antipsychotic medication (APM) use, 2 anticholinergic medications, 1 sedative-hypnotics, and 2 overall PHM use. APM use was most commonly associated with facilities with a higher proportion of male patients, younger patients, and patients with severe cognitive impairment, anxiety, depression, and aggressive behavior. The use of APM and anticholinergic medications was associated with low registered nurse staffing ratios and for-profit facility status. No studies evaluated prescriber characteristics. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Included studies primarily examined APM use. The most commonly reported facility characteristics were consistent with previously reported indicators of poor NH quality and NHs with patient case mix more likely to use PHMs.
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