Abstract
Objectives: People living with dementia (PWD) frequently receive medicine regularly from their community pharmacy, thus providing an opportunity to address either directly or through a carer any unmet medicine-related needs. The aim of this systematic review was to identify, describe, and evaluate the quality of the research for dementia-specific pharmacy-based interventions with potential for delivery through community pharmacy. This would inform the design of future services and associated trials. Key Findings: The systematic review process identified 29 studies. Interventions were categorised as medication review, targeted medicine intervention, education, memory screening and miscellaneous. Five studies were set in community pharmacy. Interventions frequently targeted antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and anticholinergic medication. Twenty interventions were medicine-related. Eighteen studies were categorised as ‘very low’ quality, often due to small sample size. Summary: The review identified a range of interventions, which could be delivered through community pharmacy, and potentially benefit PWD. Developing appropriate and efficient training and working in multi-disciplinary teams were identified as necessary for effectiveness. Further research is needed to identify which service elements are likely to be acceptable to both patients and practitioners as well as the barriers and enablers to their implementation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 233-245 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | International Journal of Pharmacy Practice |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 17 Oct 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2020 |
Keywords
- community pharmacy
- dementia
- medicine management
- systematic review
Profiles
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Fiona Poland
- School of Health Sciences - Professor of Social Research Methodology
- Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging - Member
- Institute for Volunteering Research - Member
- Volunteering and Health and Social Care - Group Lead
- Critical Volunteering Studies - Member
- Dementia & Complexity in Later Life - Member
Person: Group Lead, Research Group Member, Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching & Research