The effect of educational intervention on use of psychotropics in defined daily doses and related costs – a randomized controlled trial

Authors: Aalto Ulla L, Rantsi Mervi, Juola Anna-Liisa, Kautiainen Hannu, Pitkälä Kaisu H

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, Vol 40, Iss 2, Pp 246-252 (2022)

Subject Terms: Psychotropics, staff training, defined daily dose, drug cost, long-term care, older adults, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/0281-3432; https://doaj.org/toc/1502-7724

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/9444387b6c004712be8408a16c2a7914

Relationship between Anticholinergic Burden and Health-Related Quality of Life among Residents in Long-Term Care

Authors: Aalto, Ulla L., Finne-Soveri, H., Kautiainen, H., Öhman, H., Roitto, H.-M., Pitkälä, K.H.

Source: In The Journal of nutrition, health and aging February 2021 25(2):224-229

Participants' baseline characteristics and feedback of the nature-based social intervention "friends in nature" among lonely older adults in assisted living facilities in finland: a randomised controlled trial of the RECETAS EU-project.

Authors: Pitkala, Kaisu H., Rautiainen, Laura, Aalto, Ulla L., Kautiainen, Hannu, Kolster, Annika, Laakkonen, Marja-Liisa, Partonen, Timo, Roitto, Hanna-Maria, Strandberg, Timo E., Opacin, Nerkez, Puntscher, Sibylle, Siebert, Uwe, Coll-Planas, Laura, Sachs, Ashby L., Litt, Jill S., Jansson, Anu H., David, Acurio, Alzbeta, Bártová, Lucie, Cattaneo, Iva, Holmerova

Source: BMC Geriatrics; 10/7/2024, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p1-11, 11p

Subject Terms: CONGREGATE housing, QUALITY of life, OLDER people, RANDOMIZED controlled trials, WELL-being

Comparing Loneliness, Social Inactivity, and Social Isolation: Associations with Health-Related Quality of Life and Mortality among Home-Dwelling Older Adults.

Authors: Rautiainen, Laura J., Jansson, Anu H., Knuutila, Mia, Aalto, Ulla L., Kolster, Annika, Kautiainen, Hannu, Strandberg, Timo E., Pitkala, Kaisu H.

Source: Gerontology; 2024, Vol. 70 Issue 10, p1103-1112, 10p

Subject Terms: QUALITY of life, SOCIAL isolation, MINI-Mental State Examination, PSYCHOLOGICAL well-being, OLDER people

Use of Anticholinergic Drugs According to Various Criteria and Their Association With Psychological Well-Being and Mortality in Long-Term Care Facilities

Authors: Aalto, Ulla L., Finne-Soveri, Harriet, Kautiainen, Hannu, Roitto, Hanna-Maria, Öhman, Hannareeta, Pitkälä, Kaisu H.

Source: In Journal of the American Medical Directors Association September 2019 20(9):1156-1162

Fourteen-Year Trends in the Use of Psychotropic Medications, Opioids, and Other Sedatives Among Institutionalized Older People in Helsinki, Finland

Authors: Roitto, Hanna-Maria, Kautiainen, Hannu, Aalto, Ulla L., Öhman, Hannareeta, Laurila, Jouko, Pitkälä, Kaisu H.

Source: In Journal of the American Medical Directors Association March 2019 20(3):305-311

Secular trends in frailty among community-dwelling 75–95-year-old cohorts over three decades in Helsinki, Finland.

Authors: Pitkälä, Kaisu H^1,2 kaisu.pitkala@helsinki.fi, Aalto, Ulla L³, Roitto, Hanna-Maria^1,2,3, Öhman, Hanna R³, Lehti, Tuuli L^1,2, Knuutila, Mia T^1,2, Kautiainen, Hannu^1,2, Tilvis, Reijo³, Strandberg, Timo E³

Source: Age & Ageing. Aug2024, Vol. 53 Issue 8, p1-6. 6p.

Subject Terms: *CROSS-sectional method, *INDEPENDENT living, *FRAIL elderly, *SEX distribution, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *AGE distribution, *ANALYSIS of covariance, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *LONGITUDINAL method, *GERIATRIC assessment, *AGING, *ANALYSIS of variance, *COMPARATIVE studies, *SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors, *DATA analysis software, *TIME, *WELL-being, *OLD age

Geographic Terms: FINLAND

Comment on: Decrease of anticholinergic drug use in nursing home residents in the United States

Authors: Aalto, Ulla L., Kautiainen, Hannu, Pitkälä, Kaisu H.

Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 69(7):2033-2035

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Temporal Trends in the Use of Anticholinergic Drugs Among Older People Living in Long-Term Care Facilities in Helsinki

Authors: Aalto, Ulla L., Roitto, Hanna-Maria, Finne-Soveri, Harriet, Kautiainen, Hannu, Pitkälä, Kaisu H.

Source: Drugs & aging. 37(1):27-34

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Being actively engaged in life in old age: determinants, temporal trends, and prognostic value.

Authors: Aalto, Ulla L., Knuutila, Mia, Lehti, Tuuli, Jansson, Anu, Kautiainen, Hannu, Öhman, Hanna, Strandberg, Timo, Pitkälä, Kaisu H.

Source: Aging Clinical & Experimental Research; Jul2023, Vol. 35 Issue 7, p1557-1563, 7p

Subject Terms: LIFESTYLES, SOCIAL participation, ACTIVE aging, MORTALITY, ATTITUDE (Psychology), CROSS-sectional method, FUNCTIONAL status, LIFE, SEX distribution, SELF-efficacy, INDEPENDENT living, SOCIAL classes, QUALITY of life, OLD age

Geographic Terms: FINLAND

Association of medication use with falls and mortality among long-term care residents: a longitudinal cohort study.

Authors: Roitto, Hanna-Maria, Aalto, Ulla L., Öhman, Hanna, Saarela, Riitta K. T., Kautiainen, Hannu, Salminen, Karoliina, Pitkälä, Kaisu H.

Source: BMC Geriatrics; 6/19/2023, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-8, 8p

Subject Terms: LONG-term health care, COHORT analysis, PARASYMPATHOLYTIC agents, LONGITUDINAL method, DRUGS, MORTALITY

Temporal Trends Over Two Decades in the Use of Anticholinergic Drugs Among Older Community-Dwelling People in Helsinki, Finland.

Authors: Rinkinen, Mikko-Oskari, Roitto, Hanna-Maria, Öhman, Hanna R., Kautiainen, Hannu J., Tilvis, Reijo S., Strandberg, Timo E., Pitkala, Kaisu H., Aalto, Ulla L.

Source: Drugs & Aging; Sep2022, Vol. 39 Issue 9, p705-713, 9p

Subject Terms: DRUG therapy for asthma, PARASYMPATHOMIMETIC agents, ANTIHISTAMINES, BENZODIAZEPINES, PARASYMPATHOLYTIC agents, INDEPENDENT living, QUESTIONNAIRES, DISEASE prevalence, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases, DRUG utilization, STATISTICAL sampling, MIRTAZAPINE, ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents, TRANQUILIZING drugs, OLD age

Geographic Terms: FINLAND

COVID-19 pandemic and mortality in nursing homes across USA and Europe up to October 2021.

Authors: Aalto, Ulla L., Pitkälä, Kaisu H., Andersen-Ranberg, Karen, Bonin-Guillaume, Sylvie, Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso Jose, Eriksdotter, Maria, Gordon, Adam L., Gosch, Markus, Holmerova, Iva, Kautiainen, Hannu, Kivipelto, Miia, Macijauskiene, Jurate, O'Neill, Desmond, van den Noortgate, Nele, Ranhoff, Anette H., Schols, Jos M. G. A., Singler, Katrin, Stankunas, Mindaugas, Ouslander, Joseph G.

Source: European Geriatric Medicine; Jun2022, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p705-709, 5p

Loneliness among Older People Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Aalto, Ulla L., Bonin-Guillaume, S.

Source: In The Journal of nutrition, health and aging August 2023 27(8):617-618

Temporal Trends in the Use of Anticholinergic Drugs Among Older People Living in Long-Term Care Facilities in Helsinki.

Authors: Aalto, Ulla L.^1,2 ulla.aalto@fimnet.fi, Roitto, Hanna-Maria^1,2, Finne-Soveri, Harriet³, Kautiainen, Hannu⁴, Pitkälä, Kaisu H.^2,4 kaisu.pitkala@helsinki.fi

Source: Drugs & Aging. Jan2020, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p27-34. 8p.

Subject Terms: *ANTIDEPRESSANTS, *ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents, *CONGREGATE housing, *DEMENTIA patients, *HEALTH facilities, *LONG-term health care, *NURSING care facilities, *PARASYMPATHOLYTIC agents, *PARASYMPATHOMIMETIC agents, *RISK assessment, *DISEASE prevalence, *CROSS-sectional method, *HYDROXYZINE (Drug), *PHYSICIANS' attitudes, *MIRTAZAPINE

Geographic Terms: FINLAND