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Division of Drug Informatics, Faculty of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Medication compliance is affected by psychological, behavioral, and demographic factors, but analyzing these factors can be complicated due to multicollinearity; machine learning methods like regularized logistic regression and LightGBM help address this challenge.
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Perspectives of aged care home staff and health care professionals on the Psychotropic medicines use in Residents And Culture: Influencing clinical Excellence (PRACTICE) tool ©.
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Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia. Electronic address:
Introduction: High use of psychotropic medications continues to be common in residential aged care homes despite the risk of harm and limited efficacy in people living with dementia. Research has shown that the organizational culture of aged care homes influences psychotropic medication use in residents with dementia. The Psychotropic medicines use in Residents And Culture: Influencing Clinical Excellence (PRACTICE) tool was developed to evaluate the organizational culture of aged care homes specific to the use of psychotropic medications.
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College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, Saudi Arabia, Al-Majmaah, Saudi Arabia.
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