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ANALYSIS OF PRESCRIBING OF BENZODIAZEPINES IN SENIORS IN THE EUROAGEISM 2020 PROJECT AND POSSIBILITIES OF THE USE OF DEPRESCRIBING METHODS
Balala, Kristián ; Fialová, Daniela (advisor) ; Pokladníková, Jitka (referee)
Introduction: These days we encounter the rising trend of population ageing. Seniors belong to group of patients with specific health-social needs, in which is necessary in following decades support more health care using knowledge of geriatric and gerontology. One of the new approaches, applied in geriatric, clinical pharmaceutical praxis, is the method of deprescribing as well, based on decreasing of drug burden in elderly. The goal of this diploma thesis was to evaluate rationality of benzodiazepine prescription (one of the most frequently used potentially inappropriate medication in elderly) of seniors in European group of EuroAgeism ESR7 H2020 project, especially taking BZD in non-geriatric doses, non-geriatric length of use and risky drug combinations. Another goal of thesis was to specify, how many seniors would be potentially indicated to the method of deprescribing, and how difficult it would be for application of this method due to difficulty of medication misconduct and expected success/failure of this method. Methodology: Data for this diploma thesis were collected between years 2019 and 2021 within the research project EUROAGEISM ESR7 H2020 based on the international cross-sectional study which was carried out in patients in age 65 years and more, examinated in regionally different...
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