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| Title |
PROPER I: frequency and appropriateness of psychotropic drugs use in nursing home patients and its associations: a study protocol
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| Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-244x-13-307 |
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| Authors |
Klaas van der Spek, Debby L Gerritsen, Martin Smalbrugge, Marjorie HJMG Nelissen-Vrancken, Roland B Wetzels, Claudia HW Smeets, Sytse U Zuidema, Raymond TCM Koopmans |
| Abstract |
Nursing home patients with dementia use psychotropic drugs longer and more frequently than recommended by guidelines implying psychotropic drugs are not always prescribed appropriately. These drugs can have many side effects and effectiveness is limited. Psychotropic drug use between nursing home units varies and is not solely related to the severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms. There is growing evidence indicating that psychotropic drug use is associated with environmental factors, suggesting that the prescription of psychotropic drugs is not only related to (objective) patient factors. However, other factors related to the patient, elderly care physician, nurse and the physical environment are only partially identified. Using a mixed method of qualitative and quantitative research, this study aims to understand the nature of psychotropic drug use and its underlying factors by identifying: 1) frequency and appropriateness of psychotropic drug use for neuropsychiatric symptoms in nursing home patients with dementia, 2) factors associated with (appropriateness of) psychotropic drug use. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 102 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 100 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 15% |
| Researcher | 14 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 13% |
| Librarian | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 22 | 22% |
| Unknown | 18 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 17% |
| Psychology | 12 | 12% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 12 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 11 | 11% |
| Unknown | 23 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 November 2013.
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#3,342
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