Reducing Medication Risks in Older Adult Drinkers

Objectives: Prevalent concomitant alcohol and medication use among older adults is placing this group at risk for adverse health events. Given limited existing interventions to address concomitant alcohol and medication risk (AMR), a brief educational intervention was demonstrated. The purpose of th...

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Autores principales: Zanjani, Faika, Schoenberg, Nancy, Martin, Catherine, Clayton, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Prescription Drug and Substance Abuse in Older Adults
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7052447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32166107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721420910936
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Schoenberg, Nancy
Martin, Catherine
Clayton, Richard
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description Objectives: Prevalent concomitant alcohol and medication use among older adults is placing this group at risk for adverse health events. Given limited existing interventions to address concomitant alcohol and medication risk (AMR), a brief educational intervention was demonstrated. The purpose of the current study was to examine change in AMR behaviors 3 months post-education among older adult drinkers. Methods: A convenience sample of 58 older adult drinkers (mean age = 72) was recruited and followed (n = 40; 70% at follow-up), from four pharmacies in rural Virginia. Results: Findings indicated decreased alcohol consumption in high-risk drinkers. Conclusion: Future research should explore methods to sustain reduced AMR.
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spelling pubmed-70524472020-03-12 Reducing Medication Risks in Older Adult Drinkers Zanjani, Faika Schoenberg, Nancy Martin, Catherine Clayton, Richard Gerontol Geriatr Med Prescription Drug and Substance Abuse in Older Adults Objectives: Prevalent concomitant alcohol and medication use among older adults is placing this group at risk for adverse health events. Given limited existing interventions to address concomitant alcohol and medication risk (AMR), a brief educational intervention was demonstrated. The purpose of the current study was to examine change in AMR behaviors 3 months post-education among older adult drinkers. Methods: A convenience sample of 58 older adult drinkers (mean age = 72) was recruited and followed (n = 40; 70% at follow-up), from four pharmacies in rural Virginia. Results: Findings indicated decreased alcohol consumption in high-risk drinkers. Conclusion: Future research should explore methods to sustain reduced AMR. SAGE Publications 2020-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7052447/ /pubmed/32166107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721420910936 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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