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Medication Monitoring for People with Dementia in Care Homes: The Feasibility and Clinical Impact of Nurse-Led Monitoring

Medication Monitoring for People with Dementia in Care Homes: The Feasibility and Clinical Impact... <i>Objectives</i>. People with dementia are susceptible to adverse effects of medicines. However, they are not always closely monitored. We explored (1) feasibility and (2) clinical impact of nurse-led medication monitoring. <i>Design</i>. Feasibility &#x201c;before-and-after&#x201d; intervention study. <i>Setting</i>. Three care homes in Wales. <i>Participants</i>. Eleven service users diagnosed with dementia, taking at least one antipsychotic, antidepressant, or antiepileptic medicine. <i>Intervention</i>. West Wales Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Profile for Mental Health Medicines. <i>Outcome Measures</i>. (1) Feasibility: recruitment, retention, and implementation. (2) Clinical impact: previously undocumented problems identified and ameliorated, as recorded in participants&#x2019; records before and after introduction of the profile, and one month later. <i>Results</i>. Nurses recruited and retained 11 of 29 eligible service users. The profile took 20&#x2013;25 minutes to implement, caused no harm, and supplemented usual care. Initially, the profile identified previously undocumented problems for all participants (mean 12.7 (SD 4.7)). One month later, some problems had been ameliorated (mean 4.9 (3.6)). Clinical gains included new prescriptions to manage pain (2 participants), psoriasis (1), Parkinsonian symptoms (1), rash (1), dose reduction of benzodiazepines (1), new care plans for oral hygiene, skin problems, and constipation. <i>Conclusions</i>. Participants benefited from structured nurse-led medication monitoring. Clinical trials of our ADR Profile are feasible and necessary. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Scientific World JOURNAL Wiley

Medication Monitoring for People with Dementia in Care Homes: The Feasibility and Clinical Impact of Nurse-Led Monitoring

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2014 Sue Jordan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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2356-6140
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1537-744X
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10.1155/2014/843621
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Abstract

<i>Objectives</i>. People with dementia are susceptible to adverse effects of medicines. However, they are not always closely monitored. We explored (1) feasibility and (2) clinical impact of nurse-led medication monitoring. <i>Design</i>. Feasibility &#x201c;before-and-after&#x201d; intervention study. <i>Setting</i>. Three care homes in Wales. <i>Participants</i>. Eleven service users diagnosed with dementia, taking at least one antipsychotic, antidepressant, or antiepileptic medicine. <i>Intervention</i>. West Wales Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) Profile for Mental Health Medicines. <i>Outcome Measures</i>. (1) Feasibility: recruitment, retention, and implementation. (2) Clinical impact: previously undocumented problems identified and ameliorated, as recorded in participants&#x2019; records before and after introduction of the profile, and one month later. <i>Results</i>. Nurses recruited and retained 11 of 29 eligible service users. The profile took 20&#x2013;25 minutes to implement, caused no harm, and supplemented usual care. Initially, the profile identified previously undocumented problems for all participants (mean 12.7 (SD 4.7)). One month later, some problems had been ameliorated (mean 4.9 (3.6)). Clinical gains included new prescriptions to manage pain (2 participants), psoriasis (1), Parkinsonian symptoms (1), rash (1), dose reduction of benzodiazepines (1), new care plans for oral hygiene, skin problems, and constipation. <i>Conclusions</i>. Participants benefited from structured nurse-led medication monitoring. Clinical trials of our ADR Profile are feasible and necessary.

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Published: Feb 23, 2014

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