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Generalizability of guidelines and physicians' adherence. Case study on the Sixth Joint National Commitee's guidelines on hypertensionClaudio Pedone
Centro di Medicina dell Invecchiamento, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Roma, Italia
BMC Public Health 3:24. 2003..Physicians' adherence to guidelines is reported to be poor. We evaluated the relationship between generalizability of guidelines on hypertension and physicians' adherence to guidelines' recommendations for pharmacological treatment...
Pharmacotherapy interventions undertaken by pharmacists in the Fleetwood phase III study: the role of process controlKate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Ann Pharmacother 40:1522-6. 2006..The Fleetwood Model incorporates prospective review, direct communication with the prescriber, and formalized pharmacotherapy planning in patients at highest risk for medication-related problems...- Development and implementation of pharmaceutical care planning software for nursing homes based on the Fleetwood ModelKate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 63:2483-7. 2006..The effectiveness of pharmaceutical care planning software for nursing homes and the extent to which the software assisted in the implementation of the Fleetwood Model are described... - Considering the employee point of view: perceptions of job satisfaction and stress among nursing staff in nursing homesKate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 8:8-13. 2007..To document job satisfaction and sources of stress among nursing staff working in nursing homes and to evaluate the extent to which the reasons of stress differ by type of nursing staff... - Adherence to the components of the Fleetwood model: self-reported process measures in the Fleetwood Phase III studyKate L Lapane
Medical Science, Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Consult Pharm 21:981-7. 2006..To compare the pharmacist-reported adherence to Fleetwood model process components in intervention with control groups in the Fleetwood Phase III study... - Does incorporating medications in the surveyors' interpretive guidelines reduce the use of potentially inappropriate medications in nursing homes?Kate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:666-73. 2007..To quantify the association between including specific medications deemed potentially inappropriate in the surveyors' interpretive guidelines for nursing homes and the prevalence of use... - The power and limitations of pharmacogenetic epidemiologyKate Lapane
Brown Medical School Community Health, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
J Invest Dermatol 127:1851-2. 2007..2001). Disentangling why this occurs is complex, and two new disciplines are likely to make headway in furthering our understanding of these phenomena... - An evaluation of the impact of the prospective payment system on antidepressant use in nursing home residentsKate L Lapane
Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Med Care 42:48-58. 2004..To determine the impact of the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities on the pharmacologic treatment of depression... - A mixed method study of the merits of e-prescribing drug alerts in primary careKate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:442-6. 2008..The objective of this paper was to describe primary care prescribers' perspectives on electronic prescribing drug alerts at the point of prescribing... - Misperceptions of patients vs providers regarding medication-related communication issuesKate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown Medical School, Box G SM 121, Rm 225, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Am J Manag Care 13:613-8. 2007.... - A comparison of two distribution methods on response rates to a patient safety questionnaire in nursing homesKate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 8:446-52. 2007.... - Patient perceptions regarding electronic prescriptions: is the geriatric patient ready?Kate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1254-9. 2007..To evaluate the extent to which electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) alters communication about medication use between geriatric patients and their clinicians, as well as geriatric patients' perceptions regarding e-prescribing... - Weighing the relevant issues: obesity in nursing homesKate L Lapane
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Aging Soc Policy 18:1-9. 2006..Policies regarding strategies to improve nursing home access for obese patients, mitigate disparities in quality of care and health outcomes owing to obesity, and better prepare for the growing obesity epidemic are needed... - Which organizational characteristics are associated with increased management of depression using antidepressants in US nursing homes?Kate L Lapane
Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Med Care 42:992-1000. 2004..There is universal agreement that organizational characteristics of nursing facilities can and do influence the quality of care and resident outcomes... - Does aspirin attenuate the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on health outcomes of very old patients with heart failure?Kate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1198-204. 2002..We estimated the effect of aspirin use on the rate of mortality, morbidity, and decline in physical functioning in nursing home residents with HF taking angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors... - Obesity in nursing homes: an escalating problemKate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1386-91. 2005..To estimate trends in the prevalence of obesity in nursing homes, to characterize the obese nursing home population, and to evaluate the extent to which estimates of the prevalence of obesity varied by facility and geographic location... - Job satisfaction and stress among pharmacists in the long-term care sectorKate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Consult Pharm 21:287-92. 2006..To provide normative information regarding levels of job satisfaction and stress between consulting and dispensing pharmacists in the long-term care arena... - Gender differences in predictors of mortality in nursing home residents with ADK L Lapane
Department of Community Health Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Neurology 56:650-4. 2001..To evaluate whether the excess mortality in men with AD can be explained by a gender difference in the predictors of mortality... - Optimising drug utilisation in long term careKate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 20:143-52. 2002..A major cultural shift in the way society views and treats the elderly may be required in order to produce dramatic improvements in long term care for older people... - The effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on the use of gastroprotective medication in people with arthritisK L Lapane
Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Box G B222, 171 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02912
Am J Manag Care 7:402-8. 2001..To estimate the incidence of gastroprotective medication use among users and nonusers of prescription nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) who have arthritis... - Clinical correlates and drug treatment of residents with stroke in long-term careB J Quilliam
Brown University Department of Community Health, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Stroke 32:1385-93. 2001..Despite the increased risk of subsequent stroke in the elderly, many are not being treated. The choice to treat or not to treat may be influenced by age, comorbidity, race/ethnicity, and cognitive or physical functioning... - Effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use on the rate of gastrointestinal hospitalizations among people living in long-term careK L Lapane
Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 49:577-84. 2001..49-14.58). CONCLUSIONS: Despite the high background rate of GI events, most NSAIDs increased the risk of GI hospitalization. Careful attention to choice of agent and dosing is needed in prescribing NSAIDs in this frail, older population... - Effect of antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents on risk of hospitalization for bleeding among a population of elderly nursing home stroke survivorsB J Quilliam
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Stroke 32:2299-304. 2001..07; 95% CI, 0.96 to 1.18) after adjustment. CONCLUSIONS: Although present, the risk associated with use of these agents is small. The numbers needed to treat to harm 1 resident with aspirin and warfarin were 467 and 126, respectively... - Tacrine use in nursing homes: implications for prescribing new cholinesterase inhibitors. SAGE Study Group. Systematic Assessment of Geriatric Drug Use via EpidemiologyD R Gifford
Department of Medicine, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Neurology 52:238-44. 1999..To describe the use of tacrine in nursing home residents using data from a clinically based resident assessment instrument used by all US nursing homes... - Is donepezil therapy associated with reduced mortality in nursing home residents with dementia?Mason C Gasper
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 3:1-7. 2005..These broad-ranging, long-term effects may explain the recent finding that the use of a CEI among nursing home residents with dementia was associated with lower mortality... - Tacrine therapy is associated with reduced mortality in nursing home residents with dementiaBrian R Ott
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, and Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:35-40. 2002..This observation has implications for the socioeconomic impact of cholinesterase inhibitor therapy in those with advanced dementia and for quality of life issues in the nursing home that deserve future investigation... - Effect of statin (HMG-Co-A-Reductase Inhibitor) use on 1-year mortality and hospitalization rates in older patients with cardiovascular disease living in nursing homesCharles B Eaton
Department of Family Medicine, Brown Medical School, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1389-95. 2002..To quantify the effect of statins on 1-year mortality, hospitalizations, and decline in physical function among patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) aged 65 and older living in nursing homes... - Did the introduction of a prospective payment system for nursing home stays reduce the likelihood of pharmacological management of secondary ischaemic stroke?Kate L Lapane
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Drugs Aging 23:61-9. 2006..Concerns have been expressed that the PPS may affect the quality of care delivered to residents. This study evaluates the impact of the PPS on pharmacological secondary ischaemic stroke prevention in nursing homes... 
Antipsychotic use and the risk of hip fracture among older adults afflicted with dementiaJessica J Jalbert
Department of Community Health Epidemiology, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 11:120-7. 2010..To quantify the association between use of antipsychotic (AP) medications and the risk of hip fracture among older adults residing in a nursing home (NH) and afflicted with dementia...- Predictors of mortality in patients with Alzheimer's disease living in nursing homesG Gambassi
Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 67:59-65. 1999..To identify factors associated with mortality in patients with Alzheimer's disease, and to evaluate whether these factors vary according to severity of cognitive impairment... - Long-term care market competition and nursing home dementia special care unitsAndrea Gruneir
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Med Care 45:739-45. 2007..Dementia special care units (SCUs), which provided NHs a competitive edge in the past, are of interest because they have traditionally served residents who now have other options... - Correlates of weight patterns during middle age characterized by functional principal components analysisMolly E Waring
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Ann Epidemiol 20:201-9. 2010..Describing weight trajectories using functional methods may further our understanding of how weight impacts health. We characterize weight patterns and describe correlates of these patterns... - Effect of discontinuing cholinesterase inhibitor therapy on behavioral and mood symptoms in nursing home patients with dementiaLori A Daiello
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 7:74-83. 2009..Cholinesterase inhibitors (CHEIs) ameliorate some types of behavioral symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease. However, there has been little previous study of the outcomes associated with discontinuing these medications... - Residential modifications and decline in physical function among community-dwelling older adultsSze Y Liu
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Gerontologist 49:344-54. 2009..The purpose of this study is to quantify the effect of residential modification on decreasing risk of physical function decline in 2 years... - Home health agency profit orientation and risk for hospitalization: a propensity score analysis of population weighted dataLaura M Smith
Department of Community Health, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Box G S1211 6, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Home Health Care Serv Q 27:240-57. 2008..31 but with a large confidence interval including unity. Results do not support our hypothesis of higher hospitalization risk for for-profit HHA patients... - Association of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers with keratinocyte cancer prevention in the randomized VATTC trialJennifer B Christian
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 100:1223-32. 2008..We evaluated associations between use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) and keratinocyte cancer incidence in a population at high risk of the disease... - Dementia of the Alzheimer typeJessica J Jalbert
Department of Community Health Epidemiology, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, 121 South Main, Box G, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Epidemiol Rev 30:15-34. 2008..Although advances have been made, more research is needed to address the gaps in our understanding of the disease... - Overweight in children and adolescents in relation to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: results from a national sampleMolly E Waring
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Box G S121, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Pediatrics 122:e1-6. 2008..The current study estimated the prevalence of overweight in children and adolescents in relation to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and medication use... - Telithromycin use and spontaneous reports of hepatotoxicityDavid D Dore
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Drug Saf 30:697-703. 2007..Recent reports have described cases of telithromycin-related hepatotoxicity. The objective of this study is to quantify the effect of telithromycin use on the risk of hepatotoxicity... - A profile of concurrent alcohol and alcohol-interactive prescription drug use in the US populationJessica J Jalbert
Department of Community Health Epidemiology, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1318-23. 2008..The risk of adverse events among alcohol-interactive medication users can occur with one standard alcoholic drink. Research on the extent to which this occurs is scant... - Does the Y chromosome make a difference? Gender differences in attempts to change cardiovascular disease risk factorsAnnlouise R Assaf
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, 111 Brewster Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 12:321-30. 2003.... - Principles for modeling propensity scores in medical research: a systematic literature reviewSherry Weitzen
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 13:841-53. 2004..To document which established criteria for logistic regression modeling researchers consider when using propensity scores in observational studies... - The use of atypical antipsychotics in nursing homesRosa Liperoti
Centro di Medicina dell Invecchiamento, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
J Clin Psychiatry 64:1106-12. 2003..We describe the pattern of atypical antipsychotic use among nursing home residents and identify demographic and clinical correlates... - Racial disparities in receipt of secondary stroke prevention agents among US nursing home residentsJennifer B Christian
Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Providence, RI, USA
Stroke 34:2693-7. 2003..We sought to evaluate the extent to which people of color were less likely to receive pharmacological agents in the treatment of recurrent stroke while living in US nursing homes... - Longitudinal study of the inception of perimenopause in relation to lifetime history of sexual or physical violenceJenifer E Allsworth
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 58:938-43. 2004..To investigate of the extent to which violence over the life course accelerates the onset of perimenopause, as measured by menstrual changes... - Racial and ethnic disparities in the pharmacologic management of diabetes mellitus among long-term care facility residentsJenifer E Allsworth
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Ethn Dis 15:205-12. 2005..To evaluate the prevalence of racial and ethnic disparities of antidiabetic treatment among residents of long-term care facilities in five states... - Are there gender differences in self-reported smoking practices? Correlation with thiocyanate and cotinine levels in smokers and nonsmokers from the Pawtucket Heart Health ProgramAnnlouise R Assaf
Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of RI, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 11:899-906. 2002..This study compared serum cotinine and thiocyanate in assessment of self-reported smoking behavior among 1400 men and 1809 women from two New England communities... - Hospice care in the nursing home: changes in visit volume from enrollment to discharge among longer-stay residentsAndrea Gruneir
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 32:478-87. 2006..These patterns of visit volume and configuration confirm that care is most expensive in the earliest and the latest days... - Obesity and receipt of personal care assistance for people with mobility impairmentsLinda Resnik
Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Obes Res 13:1307-10. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent to which level of obesity was associated with hours of personal care among people with mobility impairments... - Predictors of mortality among nursing home residents with a diagnosis of Parkinson's diseaseHubert H Fernandez
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA
Med Sci Monit 8:CR241-6. 2002..Minority groups have a reduced risk of death relative to white PD nursing home residents... - Incident diabetes in relation to weight patterns during middle ageMolly E Waring
Department of Community Health, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:550-6. 2010..This study underscores the importance of obesity in diabetes risk and the importance of preventing the development of overweight and obesity earlier in life... - Correlates of the stages of change for physical activity in a population surveyCarol Ewing Garber
Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Am J Public Health 98:897-904. 2008..Understanding behavioral intentions can be useful in explaining why individuals are physically inactive or active... - Context of care and contraceptive method useLori A Boardman
Division of Ambulatory Care, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Womens Health Issues 14:51-9. 2004.... - Is dementia special care really special? A new look at an old questionAndrea Gruneir
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:199-205. 2008..To quantify differences in care provided to nursing home (NH) residents with dementia living on and off dementia special care units (SCUs)... - Risk factors for unintended versus intended rapid repeat pregnancies among adolescentsLori A Boardman
Division of Ambulatory Care, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:597.e1-8. 2006..Whereas previous research has elucidated a number of risk factors for rapid repeat pregnancies among adolescents, we sought to assess both established and hypothetical risk factors in the context of the intendedness of the repeat pregnancy... - Weaknesses of goodness-of-fit tests for evaluating propensity score models: the case of the omitted confounderSherry Weitzen
Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 14:227-38. 2005..We sought to determine if tests used to evaluate logistic model fit and discrimination would be helpful in detecting the omission of an important confounder in the propensity score... - Using small-area estimation to describe county-level disparities in mammographyKaren L Schneider
Department of Community Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 6:A125. 2009..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent to which geographic disparities exist in mammography use across counties in the contiguous United States... - Cognitive decline among female estrogen users in nursing homesBrian R Ott
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M594-8. 2002.... - It is time to assess the role of organizational culture in nursing home prescribing patternsAndrea Gruneir
Arch Intern Med 168:238-9; author reply 239. 2008 - Venous thromboembolism among elderly patients treated with atypical and conventional antipsychotic agentsRosa Liperoti
Centro di Medicina dell Invecchiamento, Dipartimento di Scienze Gerontologiche, Geriatriche e Fisiatriche, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A Gemelli, 80168 Rome, Italy
Arch Intern Med 165:2677-82. 2005..The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of atypical and conventional antipsychotic agents on the risk of hospitalization for VTE among elderly patients... - The drive for quality care in US nursing homes in the era of the prospective payment systemCarmel M Hughes
School of Pharmacy, Queen s University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK
Drugs Aging 19:623-31. 2002.... - The management of depression in older nursing home residentsMary N Brown
College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:69-76. 2002..77, 95% CI = 0.72-0.82). CONCLUSIONS: Although depression is a treatable illness, the majority of NH residents may be inadequately treated... - Donepezil use in US nursing homesClaudio Pedone
Centro di Medicina dell Invecchiamento, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
Aging Clin Exp Res 16:60-7. 2004..We estimate the prevalence of the use of donepezil and the frequency of its initiation, and describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of residents taking this drug... - Persistent nonmalignant pain and analgesic prescribing patterns in elderly nursing home residentsAida B Won
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:867-74. 2004..To determine the prevalence of analgesics used, their prescribing patterns, and associations with particular diagnoses and medications in patients with persistent pain... - Use of medication technicians in US nursing homes: part of the problem or part of the solution?Carmel M Hughes
School of Pharmacy, Queen s University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
J Am Med Dir Assoc 7:294-304. 2006..To determine the relation between organizational characteristics and medication technician (MT) use and quantify the impact of MTs on increasing the likelihood of using medications, employing the example of antiosteoporosis medications... - Racial differences in pressure ulcer prevalence in nursing homesKate L Lapane
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1077-8. 2005 - Nurses' and nursing assistants' perceptions of patient safety culture in nursing homesCarmel M Hughes
School of Pharmacy, Queen s University Belfast, Antrim, UK
Int J Qual Health Care 18:281-6. 2006..To evaluate whether perceptions of patient safety in nursing homes vary by length of employment, type of employee, and shift worked... - Administrative initiatives for reducing inappropriate prescribing of psychotropic drugs in nursing homes: how successful have they been?Carmel M Hughes
School of Pharmacy, Queen s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Drugs Aging 22:339-51. 2005..Exemplars of innovative prescribing models, involving pharmacists and encouraging resident-centred care, may offer a more palatable approach to improving drug use in this vulnerable population... - Cerebrovascular events among elderly nursing home patients treated with conventional or atypical antipsychoticsRosa Liperoti
Centro di Medicina dell'Invecchiamento, Dipartimento di Scienze Gerontologiche, Geriatriche e Fisiatriche, , Rome, Italy. rosa_liperoti @rm.unicatt.it
J Clin Psychiatry 66:1090-6. 2005..Preexisting cerebrovascular risk factors might interact with some atypical antipsychotics to increase the risk of events. These results should be interpreted in light of the limitations of the study and need to be confirmed... - For the patient. Many nursing home patients do not receive diabetes medicineJenifer E Allsworth
Ethn Dis 15:351. 2005 - Conventional and atypical antipsychotics and the risk of hospitalization for ventricular arrhythmias or cardiac arrestRosa Liperoti
Centro di Medicina dell Invecchiamento, Dipartimento di Scienze Gerontologiche, Geriatriche e Fisiatriche, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Arch Intern Med 165:696-701. 2005..We compared the effect of conventional and atypical antipsychotics on the risk of hospitalization for ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest... - Conventional or atypical antipsychotics and the risk of femur fracture among elderly patients: results of a case-control studyRosa Liperoti
Center for Medicine of Aging, Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
J Clin Psychiatry 68:929-34. 2007..The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of atypical and conventional antipsychotics on the risk of hospitalization for femur fracture... - Assessment of a United States pharmaceutical care model for nursing homes in the United KingdomSusan M Patterson
Clinical and Practice Research Group, School of Pharmacy, Queen s University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK
Pharm World Sci 29:517-25. 2007..To assess the suitability of an American model of pharmaceutical care for nursing home residents (The Fleetwood model) for application in nursing homes in the United Kingdom... - Adult health behaviorsKaren L Schneider
Public Health Rep 122:432; author reply 432-3. 2007 - Undertreatment of osteoporosis in residents of nursing homes: population-based study with use of the Systematic Assessment of Geriatric Drug Use via Epidemiology (SAGE) databaseCarlos H Rojas-Fernandez
Texas Tech University-Health Sciences Center-Amarillo, School of Pharmacy, 79106, USA
Endocr Pract 8:335-42. 2002..Although acceptable reasons may exist in some of these residents,others--especially the oldest old--may not be receiving adequate care... - Do characteristics associated with nursing home residents vary by race/ethnicity?Jullet A Davis
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 15:251-66. 2004.... - Use of potentially inappropriate drugs in nursing homesJyotsna Dhall
Department of Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA
Pharmacotherapy 22:88-96. 2002..CONCLUSIONS; Use of potentially inappropriate drugs was prevalent on admission and at 90 days after admission. Discontinuation was highest among patients with conditions for which potentially safer therapeutic alternatives existed... - Appropriate prescribing in elderly people: how well can it be measured and optimised?Anne Spinewine
Center for Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
Lancet 370:173-84. 2007.... - Women at risk for sexually transmitted diseases: correlates of intercourse without barrier contraceptionJeffrey F Peipert
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:474.e1-8. 2007..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlates of vaginal intercourse without barrier contraception (unprotected intercourse)...
Research Grants
- Optimizing Medication History Value in Clinical Encounters with Elderly PatientsKate Lapane; Fiscal Year: 2007..5. To develop a "tool-kit" resources that include developed intervention products for use by nonphysician providers in other ambulatory settings (e.g. pharmacists in community pharmacy settings). ..
- Tailored DVD to Improve Medication Management for Low Literate Elderly PatientsKate Lapane; Fiscal Year: 2007..To pre-test these interventions as part of a feasibility study within physician offices likely to service low literate geriatric patients...