Bonnie Svarstad

Summary

Affiliation: University of Wisconsin
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Variations in the treatment culture of nursing homes and responses to regulations to reduce drug use
    B L Svarstad
    Social and Administrative Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, 425 North Charter Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 52:666-72. 2001
  2. ncbi Expert and consumer evaluation of patient medication leaflets provided in U.S. pharmacies
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, 777 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 45:443-51. 2005
  3. ncbi Measuring adherence in community pharmacies: opportunities and challenges
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53705, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 45:127-9. 2005
  4. ncbi Patient counseling provided in community pharmacies: effects of state regulation, pharmacist age, and busyness
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison 53705, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 44:22-9. 2004
  5. ncbi The Brief Medication Questionnaire: a tool for screening patient adherence and barriers to adherence
    B L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, 425 No Charter St, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 37:113-24. 1999
  6. ncbi Evaluation of written prescription information provided in community pharmacies: a study in eight states
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 43:383-93. 2003
  7. ncbi The Team Education and Adherence Monitoring (TEAM) trial: pharmacy interventions to improve hypertension control in blacks
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    Social and Administrative Sciences, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wis 53705, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2:264-71. 2009
  8. ncbi Effects of residents' depression, sleep, and demand for medication on benzodiazepine use in nursing homes
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, 53705, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 53:1159-65. 2002
  9. ncbi Using drug claims data to assess the relationship of medication adherence with hospitalization and costs
    B L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 52:805-11. 2001
  10. ncbi Pharmacist telemonitoring of antidepressant use: effects on pharmacist-patient collaboration
    Nathaniel M Rickles
    Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, 206 Mugar Life Sciences Building, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 45:344-53. 2005

Research Grants

  1. A Team Model of Hypertension Care in African Americans
    Bonnie Svarstad; Fiscal Year: 2007
  2. A Team Model of Hypertension Care in African Americans
    Bonnie Svarstad; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications16

  1. ncbi Variations in the treatment culture of nursing homes and responses to regulations to reduce drug use
    B L Svarstad
    Social and Administrative Sciences Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, 425 North Charter Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 52:666-72. 2001
    ..The authors also predicted greater reductions in drug use in facilities with a less severe case mix and better capacity for change...
  2. ncbi Expert and consumer evaluation of patient medication leaflets provided in U.S. pharmacies
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, 777 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 45:443-51. 2005
    ..Evaluate the distribution and quality of patient medication leaflets provided in U.S. pharmacies...
  3. ncbi Measuring adherence in community pharmacies: opportunities and challenges
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53705, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 45:127-9. 2005
  4. ncbi Patient counseling provided in community pharmacies: effects of state regulation, pharmacist age, and busyness
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison 53705, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 44:22-9. 2004
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  5. ncbi The Brief Medication Questionnaire: a tool for screening patient adherence and barriers to adherence
    B L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, 425 No Charter St, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Patient Educ Couns 37:113-24. 1999
    ..The BMQ appears more sensitive than existing tools and may be useful in identifying and diagnosing adherence problems...
  6. ncbi Evaluation of written prescription information provided in community pharmacies: a study in eight states
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 43:383-93. 2003
    ....
  7. ncbi The Team Education and Adherence Monitoring (TEAM) trial: pharmacy interventions to improve hypertension control in blacks
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    Social and Administrative Sciences, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wis 53705, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2:264-71. 2009
    ..Involving pharmacists is a potentially powerful means of improving BP control in blacks. Pharmacists are in an excellent position to monitor patients between clinic visits and to provide useful information to patients and physicians...
  8. ncbi Effects of residents' depression, sleep, and demand for medication on benzodiazepine use in nursing homes
    Bonnie L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, 53705, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 53:1159-65. 2002
    ..This study sought to identify risk factors associated with the prescription and use of benzodiazepines in nursing homes and to assess the prevalence and determinants of demand for benzodiazepines among nursing home residents...
  9. ncbi Using drug claims data to assess the relationship of medication adherence with hospitalization and costs
    B L Svarstad
    School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 52:805-11. 2001
    ..This naturalistic study used claims data to examine the relationship of medication nonadherence to hospital use and costs among severely mentally ill clients in Wisconsin...
  10. ncbi Pharmacist telemonitoring of antidepressant use: effects on pharmacist-patient collaboration
    Nathaniel M Rickles
    Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, 206 Mugar Life Sciences Building, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 45:344-53. 2005
    ..To explore the impact of telephone-based education and monitoring by community pharmacists on multiple outcomes of pharmacist-patient collaboration...
  11. ncbi Effects of pharmacist monitoring on patient satisfaction with antidepressant medication therapy
    Dara C Bultman
    Medical Education Institute, Madison, Wis, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash) 42:36-43. 2002
    ..To examine the effects of pharmacist monitoring on patient satisfaction with and adherence to antidepressant medication therapy...
  12. ncbi Improving patient feedback about and outcomes with antidepressant treatment: a study in eight community pharmacies
    Nathaniel M Rickles
    Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, 206 Mugar Life Sciences Building, Boston, MA 02446, USA
    J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 46:25-32. 2006
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  13. ncbi Relationships between multiple self-reported nonadherence measures and pharmacy records
    Nathaniel M Rickles
    Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, School of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, 206 Mugar Life Sciences Building, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Res Social Adm Pharm 3:363-77. 2007
    ..Measuring nonadherence presents a number of methodological conundrums. Pharmacists and other health practitioners might benefit from a simple tool for measuring adherence that correlates well with other, more systematic methods...
  14. ncbi Using alternative methodologies for evaluating patient medication leaflets
    Ines Krass
    Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Camperdown, 2006, NSW, Sydney, Australia
    Patient Educ Couns 47:29-35. 2002
    ..In conclusion, we confirmed the importance of design characteristics in the production of written medication information and have also developed and validated two easy-to-use tools for the assessment of written medication information...
  15. ncbi Nurse-physician communication and quality of drug use in Swedish nursing homes
    Ingrid K Schmidt
    Medicines Unit, Socialstrelsen, National Board of Health Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
    Soc Sci Med 54:1767-77. 2002
    ..Future efforts to improve the quality of drug use in long term facilities should consider ways of improving communication skills and communication routines among health care professionals...
  16. ncbi Challenges to the use of nonpharmacologic interventions in nursing homes
    Marisue Cody
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72114, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 53:1402-6. 2002
    ..Also, external barriers related to the regulatory, legal, and economic sectors are discussed. The authors offer recommendations for overcoming these barriers...

Research Grants5

  1. A Team Model of Hypertension Care in African Americans
    Bonnie Svarstad; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The study is unique because it tests relatively simple and low cost interventions in the community pharmacy, an environment which is one of the most readily accessible components of the health care system. ..
  2. A Team Model of Hypertension Care in African Americans
    Bonnie Svarstad; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The study is unique because it tests relatively simple and low cost interventions in the community pharmacy, an environment which is one of the most readily accessible components of the health care system. ..