Background Inappropriate polypharmacy is a particular concern in older people and is
associated with negative health outcomes. Choosing the best interventions to improve …

Lack of adherence to health-promoting advice challenges the successful prevention and
management of many conditions. The Health Belief Model (HBM) was developed in 1966 to …

Background Medication review is often recommended to optimize medication use. In clinical
practice it is mostly operationalized as an intervention without co-interventions during a short …

Background Suboptimal treatment adherence remains a barrier to the control of many
infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, which contribute significantly to …

Background Older people taking multiple medications represent a large and growing
proportion of the population. Managing multiple medications can be challenging, and this is …

Background The roles of pharmacists in patient care have expanded from the traditional
tasks of dispensing medications and providing basic medication counseling to working with …

Objectives This review sought to identify the empirical evidence for the application of models
from sociocognitive theory, self-regulation theory, and social support theory at predicting …

We set out to determine the effects of pharmacist‐led medication review in older people by
means of a systematic review and meta‐analysis covering 11 electronic databases …

Objectives To investigate longitudinal associations between polypharmacy and cognitive
and physical capability and to determine whether these associations differ with cumulative …

Suboptimal medication use may lead to morbidity, mortality and increased costs. To reduce
unnecessary patient harm, medicines management including medication reviews can be …