Medicines related dysphagia in primary care: The prevalence of and impact on community pharmacists
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01/09/2013
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Dysphagia is a common and problematic symptom characterised by varying degrees of difficulty swallowing food, fluids and medicines of differing consistencies. International primary care based studies have identified that between 1 in 4 and 1 in 5 patients have some form of dysphagia, it can affect medicines taking behaviour and healthcare professionals are largely unaware of this1,2. Similar research has not been undertaken in the UK. Adherence related pharmacy based services in the UK provide an opportunity for community pharmacists to identify the problem and facilitate better medicines use. The aim of this pilot study was to estimate the level of patient reported dysphagia in older persons using community pharmacies in the UK, describe how it affects their medicine taking behaviour and identify whether advanced pharmacy services are related to improved awareness of this. |
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
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DOI:10.1111/ijpp.12063 King, Laura, Perry, Nadine, Serrano Santos, Jose Manuel, & Wright, David (2013) Medicines related dysphagia in primary care: The prevalence of and impact on community pharmacists. In Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Annual Conference, 8-9 September 2013, Birmingham, UK. |
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Copyright 2013 Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain |
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School of Clinical Sciences; Faculty of Health |
Palavras-Chave | #dysphagia #medication #nursing #swallowing difficulties #pharmacy |
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