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- Title
Die psychopharmakologische Versorgung älterer Menschen mit Pflegebedarf: Teil 2: die Perspektive der ambulanten Pflege.
- Authors
Falk, Katrin; Kammerer, Kerstin
- Abstract
Background: Studies show risks in the psychopharmacological care of older people with long-term care needs. In developing recommendations on the handling of psychotropic drugs in outpatient long-term care, the perspective of care professionals has so far received only sporadic attention. Objective: The study aims to explore perspectives in outpatient care on the use of psychopharmaceuticals in the care of older people in need of long-term care. The importance of the topic, problems in dealing with it, priorities of measures as well as knowledge and distribution of instruments are examined. Methods: An online survey was used to interview personnel in leading positions in a random sample of 20% (n = 2957) of the 15,138 outpatient long-term care facilities licensed with a care contract in 2019. Statistical data analysis and content analysis of answers to open questions was conducted. Results: A total of 212 questionnaires was completed (7.2% response rate), 87.2% of the respondents evaluated the importance of dealing with psychotropic drugs as high and 46.2% were confronted with problems related to psychotropic drugs in their own work. Participants located problems predominantly with physicians (53.1%), but also with patients (19.6%), nursing staff (11.2%) and caring relatives (6.1%). The use of measures varied. Cooperation with physicians and—with less priority, but still important—the qualification of nursing staff and the involvement of caring relatives were named as central fields of action. Conclusion: The heterogeneity of experiences and initial conditions regarding the handling of psychotropic drugs in outpatient long-term care should be taken into account when developing corresponding recommendations for action and implementation concepts.
- Subjects
DRUG therapy; ELDER care; LONG-term care facilities; OUTPATIENT medical care; PSYCHIATRIC drugs; LONG-term health care; MEDICATION safety
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2022, Vol 55, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
0948-6704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00391-021-01846-2