Publications by authors named "A D Jadczak"
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- * Approximately 17.4% of residents used at least one strong anticholinergic medication, with significant variation across countries (from 1.3% in China to 27.1% in Italy).
- * The findings indicated higher usage among residents with cognitive impairment and those classified as most frail, suggesting the need for targeted deprescribing to minimize medication-related risks.
Objectives: Depression is common amongst Australian residential aged care services (RACS) residents. This study aimed to estimate the risk of depression amongst residents and identify factors associated with this risk. In care settings such as RACS, time-efficient screening tools to identify depression risk may be a preferred tool.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Deprescribing opportunities may differ across health care systems, nursing home settings, and prescribing cultures. The objective of this study was to compare the prevalence of STOPPFrail medications according to frailty status among residents of nursing homes in Australia, China, Japan, and Spain.
Design: Secondary cross-sectional analyses of data from 4 cohort studies.
Background: Understanding how analgesics are used in different countries can inform initiatives to improve the pharmacological management of pain in nursing homes.
Aims: To compare patterns of analgesic use among Australian and Japanese nursing home residents; and explore Australian and Japanese healthcare professionals' perspectives on analgesic use.
Methods: Part one involved a cross-sectional comparison among residents from 12 nursing homes in South Australia (N = 550) in 2019 and four nursing homes in Tokyo (N = 333) in 2020.
Objectives: This study aimed to explore the feasibility (including recruitment, safety and adherence) and the effects of a twice weekly supervised Judo-based exercise program over eight weeks on mobility, balance, physical performance, quality of life, fear of falling and physical activity (including by frailty status) in community-dwelling older people aged ≥65 years.
Design: Pre-post study.
Participants: A total of 17 participants (mean age 74.