Clinical audit on drug prescriptions for elderly patients hospitalized in a unit of psychiatry

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C HumarautY Moalic

Abstract

The elderly are particularly vulnerable to the iatrogenic effects of drugs that are a major public health problem. In a geriatric care unit of a psychiatric hospital, the pharmacist, in close cooperation with the various health professionals, takes part in the optimization of drug therapy of these patients during cross-professional consultation meetings. From 2009 to 2011, an evaluation of professional practices was run through a targeted clinical audit on the theme of "prescription drugs at the age of 75 and over". The main objective of this study is to measure the differences between the practices and the guidelines for prescription drugs concerning the elderly, and then to analyze and amend these differences. The secondary objective is to gather data on the prescription drugs for the elderly in the particular context of a psychiatric unit. The evaluation was performed using two standards: the evaluation chart of prescriptions of the Professional College of French Geriatrics (CPGF) and the French National Authority for Health and the list of Laroche et al. In the first round, after analyzing the prescriptions of 105 patients, the gap between practice and accepted standards led to the definition of three areas of improvement o...Continue Reading

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Dec 16, 2004·European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology·Nathalie Lechevallier-MichelUNKNOWN 3C Study group
Jun 8, 2007·European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology·Marie-Laure LarocheLouis Merle
Sep 26, 2008·La Revue de médecine interne·M-L LarocheJ-P Charmes
Dec 19, 2013·International Journal for Quality in Health Care : Journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care·Monique M ElseviersLuc Van Bortel

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