Shelley A Sternberg1, Mirko Petrovic2, Graziano Onder3, Antonio Cherubini4, Denis O'Mahony5, Jerry H Gurwitz6, Francesco Pegreffi7, Robin Mason8,9, Jennifer Akerman8, Lisa McCarthy8,10, Andrea Lawson8, Joyce Li8, Wei Wu8, Paula A Rochon11,12,13,14. 1. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Modiin, Israel. 2. Section of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. 3. Department of Cardiovascular, Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases and Aging, IstitutoSuperiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. 4. Geriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro di ricerca per l'invecchiamento. IRCCS INRCA, Ancona, Italy. 5. Department of Medicine (Geriatrics), School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. 6. Division of Geriatric Medicine and Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. 7. Department for Life Quality Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. 8. Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. 9. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 10. Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. 11. Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. paula.rochon@wchospital.ca. 12. Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. paula.rochon@wchospital.ca. 13. Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. paula.rochon@wchospital.ca. 14. ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada. paula.rochon@wchospital.ca.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To describe the objectives, methods and expected impact of an international consortium (iKASCADE) whose purpose is to improve drug safety for older adults by addressing prescribing cascades through a sex and gender lens. METHODS: To create a comprehensive, internationally relevant inventory of prescribing cascades affecting older adults, the consortium has created a modified Delphi procedure where international experts in prescribing and managing pharmacotherapy for older adults will rank a list of prescribing cascades as to their clinical importance. We will use administrative and clinical data on older adults to evaluate the frequency of prescribing cascades by sex internationally, in the hospital, long-term care and community settings. Finally, we will use semi-structured interviews and realistic, country-specific vignettes, each incorporating a prescribing cascade with identified sex differences, to explore how socially constructed gender roles contribute to the experience, presentation and management of prescribing cascades. RESULTS: The consortium will synthesize the quantitative and qualitative results to produce a position paper and products-aimed at knowledge users within and outside of academia-designed to elevate the importance of integrating a gender dimension in the identification and prevention of prescribing cascades. CONCLUSION: Findings will improve our understanding of how adverse drug events are different between older women and men and inform the development and dissemination of tailored knowledge translation products to reduce the frequency and impact of prescribing cascades.
PURPOSE: To describe the objectives, methods and expected impact of an international consortium (iKASCADE) whose purpose is to improve drug safety for older adults by addressing prescribing cascades through a sex and gender lens. METHODS: To create a comprehensive, internationally relevant inventory of prescribing cascades affecting older adults, the consortium has created a modified Delphi procedure where international experts in prescribing and managing pharmacotherapy for older adults will rank a list of prescribing cascades as to their clinical importance. We will use administrative and clinical data on older adults to evaluate the frequency of prescribing cascades by sex internationally, in the hospital, long-term care and community settings. Finally, we will use semi-structured interviews and realistic, country-specific vignettes, each incorporating a prescribing cascade with identified sex differences, to explore how socially constructed gender roles contribute to the experience, presentation and management of prescribing cascades. RESULTS: The consortium will synthesize the quantitative and qualitative results to produce a position paper and products-aimed at knowledge users within and outside of academia-designed to elevate the importance of integrating a gender dimension in the identification and prevention of prescribing cascades. CONCLUSION: Findings will improve our understanding of how adverse drug events are different between older women and men and inform the development and dissemination of tailored knowledge translation products to reduce the frequency and impact of prescribing cascades.
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Older adults; Pharmacotherapy; Prescribing cascades; Sex and gender
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