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Prescribing-Assessment Tools for Long-Term Care Pharmacy Practice: Reaching Consensus through a Modified RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method
Content Provider | MDPI |
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Author | Jo, ão R. Gonçalves Sleath, Betsy L. Lopes, Manuel J. Cavaco, Afonso M. |
Copyright Year | 2021 |
Description | Medicines are the most used health technology in Long-Term Care. The prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines amongst Long-Term Care patients is high. Pharmacists, assisted by prescribing-assessment tools, can play an important role in optimizing medication use at this level of care. Through a modified RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method, 13 long-term care and hospital pharmacists assessed as ‘appropriate’, ‘uncertain’, or ‘inappropriate’ a collection of commonly used prescribing-assessment tools as to its suitability in assisting pharmacy practice in institutional long-term care settings. A qualitative analysis of written or transcribed comments of participants was pursued to identify relevant characteristics of prescribing-assessment tools and potential hinders in their use. From 24 different tools, pharmacists classified 9 as ‘appropriate’ for pharmacy practice targeted to long-term care patients, while 3 were classified as ‘inappropriate’. The tools feature most appreciated by study participants was the indication of alternatives to potentially inappropriate medication. Lack of time and/or pharmacists and limited access to clinical information seems to be the most relevant hinders for prescribing-assessment tools used in daily practice. |
Starting Page | 194 |
e-ISSN | 22264787 |
DOI | 10.3390/pharmacy9040194 |
Journal | Pharmacy |
Issue Number | 4 |
Volume Number | 9 |
Language | English |
Publisher | MDPI |
Publisher Date | 2021-12-03 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Pharmacy Long-term Care Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Pharmacist Pharmacy Practice Consensus Rand/ucla Prescribing-assessment Tools |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Article |