Prevalence and persistent use of psychotropic drugs in older adults receiving domiciliary care at baseline

Key Words: integrative review, persistent vocalizations, behavioral symptom of dementia, nursing home residents, older

The aim of the present study was to describe the prevalence, incidence and persistence of depressive symptoms over a 36-month follow-up period among older adults receiving in-home

The main finding was that use of drugs in general, including polypharmacy, was not significantly associated with constipation in this nursing home population with a high prevalence

Results: The prevalence over time and persistent use of antipsychotic drugs, antidepressants, anxiolytics and sedatives at two consecutive time points were high in residents with

Aim: To estimate the prevalence of toileting difficulties over time among older people (≥70 years) with and without dementia receiving formal in‐home care at baseline and to

Aims: (i) To examine whether mean consumption and prevalence of at-risk drinking are highly correlated across samples of older adults, and (ii) to explore whether sociodemographic

The prevalence of montelukast use was lower in the fol- lowing three groups: dementia, nursing home, and death – compared to the complete study group – while slightly higher in the

The main findings in this thesis were a) that agitation was common in Norwegian nursing homes (paper 2), although less common than in nursing homes in UK and Austria (paper 3),