Login / Signup

Potentially inappropriate medication use and frailty phenotype among community-dwelling older adults: A population-based study.

Alisson Fernandes BolinaNayara Cândida GomesGianna Fiori MarchioriMaycon Souza PegorariDarlene Mara Dos Santos Tavares
Published in: Journal of clinical nursing (2019)
Primary care nurses are the professionals with the greatest contact with the older adults in the community. Thus, the results support the inclusion of the assessment of potentially inappropriate medication use in the routine of nursing consultation. In case of a positive screening, the older person should be referred to geriatric evaluation in order to optimise drug treatment for the prevention of frailty.
Keyphrases
  • community dwelling
  • mental health
  • primary care
  • healthcare
  • physical activity
  • palliative care
  • clinical practice
  • quality improvement
  • combination therapy
  • middle aged