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Risks and problems associated with polypharmacy in older patients - A self-screening tool for identifying risks of pharmacotherapy by patients themselves
Pitrová, Markéta ; Fialová, Daniela (advisor) ; Kostřiba, Jan (referee)
Title: Risks and Problems Associated with Polypharmacy in Older Patients - A Self-Screening Tool for Identifying Risks of Pharmacotherapy by Patients Themselves Author: Markéta Pitrová Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Daniela Fialová, PharmD, Ph.D. Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové and Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 1st Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic BACKGROUND With the increasing number of older adults in the population nowadays, the importance of rational pharmacotherapy - the indication of the most effective, most safe and most cost-effective drug treatments - in older people grows. In order to early assess and resolve the risks of pharmacotherapy in this population, different pharmacotherapy risk assessment and risk management tools have been developed for use by physicians, pharmacists and other health care professionals. As the active involvement of older adults in the process of pharmacotherapy risk assessment and risk management increases, it is crucial to create also patient self- assessment tools in this area. Thus, the aim of the diploma thesis was to develop and test in a pilot study a new patient...
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Risks and problems associated with polypharmacy in older patients - A self-screening tool for identifying risks of pharmacotherapy by patients themselves
Pitrová, Markéta ; Fialová, Daniela (advisor) ; Kostřiba, Jan (referee)
Title: Risks and Problems Associated with Polypharmacy in Older Patients - A Self-Screening Tool for Identifying Risks of Pharmacotherapy by Patients Themselves Author: Markéta Pitrová Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Daniela Fialová, PharmD, Ph.D. Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové and Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 1st Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic BACKGROUND With the increasing number of older adults in the population nowadays, the importance of rational pharmacotherapy - the indication of the most effective, most safe and most cost-effective drug treatments - in older people grows. In order to early assess and resolve the risks of pharmacotherapy in this population, different pharmacotherapy risk assessment and risk management tools have been developed for use by physicians, pharmacists and other health care professionals. As the active involvement of older adults in the process of pharmacotherapy risk assessment and risk management increases, it is crucial to create also patient self- assessment tools in this area. Thus, the aim of the diploma thesis was to develop and test in a pilot study a new patient...
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