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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Medication Reviews and Clinical Outcomes in Persons with Dementia: A Scoping Review.

Rishabh Sharma, Neil Mahajan, Sarah Abu Fadaleh, Hawa Patel, Jessica Ivo, Sadaf Faisal, Feng Chang, Linda Lee, Tejal Patel

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rishabh SharmaSchool of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 10 Victoria St S A, Kitchener, ON N2G 1C5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7014-9754
Neil MahajanFaculty of Health, Western University, 1151 Richmond St, London, ON N6A 5B9, Canada.
Sarah Abu FadalehSchool of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 10 Victoria St S A, Kitchener, ON N2G 1C5, Canada.
Hawa PatelSchool of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 10 Victoria St S A, Kitchener, ON N2G 1C5, Canada.
Jessica IvoSchool of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 10 Victoria St S A, Kitchener, ON N2G 1C5, Canada.
Sadaf FaisalSchool of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 10 Victoria St S A, Kitchener, ON N2G 1C5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4090-2194
Feng ChangSchool of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 10 Victoria St S A, Kitchener, ON N2G 1C5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4661-6911
Linda LeeCFFM MINT Memory Clinic, 25 Joseph St, Kitchener, ON N2G 4X6, Canada.
Tejal PatelSchool of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 10 Victoria St S A, Kitchener, ON N2G 1C5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3002-8306
University of Waterloo · CAResearch Institute for Aging · CAWestern University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persons diagnosed with dementia are often faced with challenges related to polypharmacy and inappropriate medication use and could benefit from regular medication reviews. However, the benefit of such reviews has not been examined in this population. Therefore, the current scoping review was designed to identify the gaps in the current knowledge regarding the impact of medication reviews on the clinical outcomes in older adults with dementia. Relevant studies were identified by searching three databases (Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, and Scopus) from inception to January 2022 with a combination of keywords and medical subject headings. After the removal of duplicates and ineligible articles, 22 publications of the initial 8346 were included in this review. A total of 57 outcomes were identified, including those pertaining to the evaluation of medication use (n = 17), drug-related interventions (n = 11), drug-related problems (n = 10), dementia-related behavioral symptoms (n = 8), cost-effectiveness (n = 2), drug-related hospital admissions (n = 1), as well as outcomes classified as other (n = 7). Gaps identified through this scoping review included the paucity of studies measuring the impact of medication reviews on the medication management capacity and medication adherence, quality of life, and mortality.

Indexed as

Review Literature as Topicdementiadrug-related problemsmedication reviewolder adults

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PMID37888512
PMCPMC10609910
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