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- 2019
Feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of an information technology-based, pharmacist-led intervention to prevent an increase in anticholinergic and sedative load among older community-dwelling individualsKeywords: aged, deprescribing, drug burden index, hypnotics and sedatives, medical informatics, medication review, muscarinic antagonists, pharmacists Abstract: Anticholinergic/sedative medications are frequently used by older people, despite their negative impacts on cognitive and physical function. We explore the feasibility, acceptability and potential effectiveness of an innovative information technology (IT)-based intervention to prevent an increase in anticholinergic/sedative load in older people
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