- Title
- Use of medication reviews among older women with dementia, 2003-2015: A longitudinal cohort study
- Creator
- Thapaliya, Kailash; Harris, Melissa L.; Byles, Julie E.
- Relation
- Australasian Journal on Ageing Vol. 39, Issue 4, p. e552-e558
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12836
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Objective: To identify factors associated with incidence of medication reviews (MRs), particularly in women with dementia and in residential aged care (RAC). Methods: Data from 10 359 women in the 1921-1926 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health were linked to Medicare Benefits Schedule data to identify MRs for each year from 2003 to 2015. Results: Incidence of MR increased from 2003 to 2013 (age 87-92 years) when 37.1% of women with dementia had a MR compared to 19.8% of women without dementia. Adjusting for time and other factors, the odds of having a MR were higher for women with dementia (AOR = 1.18, 95% CI: 1.06-1.32) and women in RAC (AOR = 3.61, 95% CI: 3.28-3.98). Conclusions: Although higher in women with dementia and those in RAC, utilisation of MR was modest. System-level interventions may be required to ensure the use and benefits of MRs.
- Subject
- dementia; frailty; drug utilization review; psychotropic; homes for the aged
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1445896
- Identifier
- uon:42706
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-6381
- Language
- eng
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