Pharmacological treatment of older adults with cognitive impairment represents a challenge for prescribing physicians, and polypharmacy is common in these complex patients. The aim of the current study is to assess prevalence and factors related to polypharmacy in a sample of nursing home (nursing home) residents with advanced cognitive impairment.

Vetrano, D., Tosato, M., Colloca, G. F., Topinkova, E., Fialova, D., Gindin, J., Van Der Roest, H., Landi, F., Liperoti, R., Bernabei, R., Onder, G., Polypharmacy in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment: results from the SHELTER Study, <<ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA>>, 2013; 9 (5): 587-593. [doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2012.09.009] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/60522]

Polypharmacy in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment: results from the SHELTER Study

Tosato, Matteo;Colloca, Giuseppe Ferdinando;Landi, Francesco;Liperoti, Rosa;Bernabei, Roberto;Onder, Graziano
2013

Abstract

Pharmacological treatment of older adults with cognitive impairment represents a challenge for prescribing physicians, and polypharmacy is common in these complex patients. The aim of the current study is to assess prevalence and factors related to polypharmacy in a sample of nursing home (nursing home) residents with advanced cognitive impairment.
2013
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Vetrano, D., Tosato, M., Colloca, G. F., Topinkova, E., Fialova, D., Gindin, J., Van Der Roest, H., Landi, F., Liperoti, R., Bernabei, R., Onder, G., Polypharmacy in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment: results from the SHELTER Study, <<ALZHEIMER'S & DEMENTIA>>, 2013; 9 (5): 587-593. [doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2012.09.009] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/60522]
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