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'If I die, I die, I don't care about my health': Perspectives on self-care of people experiencing homelessness.
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Wiley
, 2020 , Article)
Self-care, which refers to what people do to prevent disease and maintain good health, can alleviate negative health consequences of people experiencing homelessness. The aim of the study was to apply a theoretically ...
Comprehensive medication reviews by ward-based pharmacists in Swedish hospitals: What does the patient have to say?
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Wiley
, 2020 , Article)
Inappropriate medication prescribing and use amongst older patients is a major patient safety and health care problem. To promote appropriate medication prescribing and use, comprehensive medication reviews (CMRs) by ...
Interventions to improve spontaneous adverse drug reaction reporting by healthcare professionals and patients: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions used for improving ADR reporting by patients and healthcare professionals. A systematic review of literature was conducted by searching Medline, ...
Facilitators and barriers for performing comprehensive medication reviews and follow-up by multiprofessional teams in older hospitalised patients.
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Springer Nature
, 2020 , Article)
There is a lack of knowledge about factors that influence the performance of comprehensive medication reviews (CMRs) by multiprofessional teams in hospital practice. This study aimed to explore the facilitators and barriers ...
Multimorbidity and emergency department visits by a homeless population: a database study in specialist general practice.
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Royal College of General Practitioners
, 2019 , Article)
Estimating healthcare needs of the homeless is associated with challenges in identifying the eligible population. To explore the demographic characteristics, disease prevalence, multimorbidity, and emergency department ...
Mixed-methods approach to determine adherence, knowledge and behavioral determinants associated with medication wastage.
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
While literature quantifying medication wastage and assessing public's knowledge and practices about medication disposal is substantial, less attention is given to the public's knowledge and behavior pertaining to medication ...
Herbal Medicinal Product Use During Pregnancy and the Postnatal Period: A Systematic Review.
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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
, 2019 , Article Review)
To report the incidence and nature of herbal medicinal products' adverse events and herb-drug interactions used by some pregnant and postnatal women. The Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, the Cumulative Index to ...
Prescribers' perceptions of benefits and limitations of direct acting oral anticoagulants in non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
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Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas
, 2020 , Article)
There is an acknowledged lack of robust and rigorous research focusing on the perspectives of those prescribing direct acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF). The objective was to ...
Investigating the incidence, nature, severity and potential causality of medication errors in hospital settings in Qatar
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Springer
, 2020 , Article)
© 2020, The Author(s). Background Medication errors are a major public health concern that negatively impact patient safety and health outcomes. Effective and efficient medication error reporting systems and practices are ...
Views and experiences of decision-makers on organisational safety culture and medication errors
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Wiley
, 2020 , Article)
In 2017, the World Health Organization published “Medication Without Harm, WHO Global Patient Safety Challenge,” to reduce patient harm caused by unsafe medication use practices. While the five objectives emphasise the ...