We are researching the use of Hypnotic medication use ( 'Night Sedation') in the over 65 year old age group with a view to reducing potentially inappropriate prescribing in the Residential Care setting. There appears to be a paucity of studies carried out on this globally and we are unable to find any for Ireland. Any articles addressing this would be very welcome.
Hello Florence
in the 3C study - a population based study in 9294 individuals aged 65+ - we have published a couple of papers about benzodiazepine use and attached is the second one:
1: Mura T, Proust-Lima C, Akbaraly T, Amieva H, Tzourio C, Chevassus H, Picot MC,
Jacqumin-Gadda H, Berr C. Chronic use of benzodiazepines and latent cognitive
decline in the elderly: results from the Three-city study. Eur
Neuropsychopharmacol. 2013 Mar;23(3):212-23.
2: Shash D, Kurth T, Bertrand M, Dufouil C, Barberger-Gateau P, Berr C, Ritchie
K, Dartigues JF, Bégaud B, Alpérovitch A, Tzourio C. Benzodiazepine, psychotropic
medication, and dementia: A population-based cohort study. Alzheimers Dement.
2016 May;12(5):604-13.
best
Christophe
These are really interesting Christophe, thank you. The 2016 study is of particular value to us.
Hi Florence - here's a recent endeavour from ourselves in Sydney. Hope you find it interesting. As an aside, do you work with Pauline Joyce at the College? We've had some correspondence previously regarding Action Learning.
John you're a legend !!. This is really great. I don't know Pauline personallly s she wasn't one of my professors when I ws doing my MSc. The name is familier though but Joyce is a popular name in Ireland.
Dear Florence,
we recently completed a multicenter audit on the use of anticholinergic medications in elderly patients admitted as a medical emergency. This included amongst others, sedatives, antidepressants, antipsychotics and opioid analgesics. The results are currently being written up. If interested, I can forward you a breakdown of the various medications being used. Only a proportion of patients, though, was living in residential care.
Best wishes,
Immo
Dear Florence,
I have forwarded the information to your researchgate inbox. I hope you will find this helpful.
Best wishes,
Immo
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