A daily rest period (DRP; rest taken from daily work during a 24 h period), is essential to work recovery. This study examined DRPs' distribution and association with health outcomes among information technology workers recruited from an internet panel (N=1,811). Participants completed a web questionnaire examining psychological distress as a primary outcome, along with non-restorative sleep, f...

OBJECTIVE to analyze the impact of Pharmacy Intervention (PI), within the healthcare team who manages elderly multi-pathological patients, regarding the evolution of Drug Related Problems (DRPs) and Negative Outcomes Associated with Medication (NOMs). To estimate the prevalence of DRPs, NOMs, and Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions (PIPs), and the drugs involved, considering the characteris...

BACKGROUND Drug-related problems (DRPs) have been shown to prevail in hospitalized patients, and polypharmacy and increasing age have been identified as two important risk factors. OBJECTIVE We investigated the occurrence of DRPs and adverse drug reactions (ADRs) amongst hospitalized patients prescribed polypharmacy, and the association of advanced age and female gender. METHOD A retrospect...

BACKGROUND Accredited pharmacists conduct home medicines reviews (HMRs) to detect and resolve potential drug-related problems (DRPs). A commercial expert system, Medscope Review Mentor (MRM), has been developed to assist pharmacists in the detection and resolution of potential DRPs. AIMS This study compares types of DRPs identified with the commercial system which uses multiple classification...

BACKGROUND Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are at risk for drug-related problems (DRPs), especially on hospital admission. OBJECTIVE To identify and characterize the DRPs experienced by patients with ESRD on admission and investigate how these DRPs could be related to gaps in medication information transfer. METHODS Patients with ESRD admitted to the hospital were prospectively...

BACKGROUND Drug-Related Problems (DRPs) commonly occur among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. However, few studies have been performed on T2DM patients with dyslipidemia. This purpose of this study was to assess drug-related problems (DRPs) and factors associated with its occurrence. METHODS The retrospective study involved 208 T2DM in-patients and out-patients with dyslipidemia, and...