Browsing by Author "O'Connell, Juliette"
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Defensive Pharmacy Practice: A Gap in our Understanding
O'Connell, Juliette (2021)Defensive practice is prevalent across healthcare disciplines and much study has been performed on this behaviour in medicine and nursing. However, little research has been carried out on defensive practice in pharmacy, ... -
Drug Burden Index to Define the Burden of Medicines in Older Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study
Mc Carron, Mary; O'Connell, Juliette Anne; O'Dwyer, Maire; Burke, Eilish; O'Connell, Juliette; Henman, Martin (2018)Aims: The drug burden index (DBI) is a dose‐related measure of anticholinergic and sedative drug exposure. This cross‐sectional study described DBI in older adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) and the most ... -
Health, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion: Ageing with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland Evidence from the First Ten Years of The Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA) Wave 3 IDS-TILDA
O'Dwyer, Maire; O'Connell, Juliette; Mc Causland, Darren; Mc Carron, Mary; Burke, Eilish; Mc Glinchey, Eimear; Sheerin, Fintan; Mac Giolla Phadraig, Caoimhin (2017) -
Psychotropic medicines' prevalence, patterns and effects on cognitive and physical function in older adults with intellectual disability in Ireland: longitudinal cohort study, 2009-2020
Burke, Eilish; Mc Carron, Mary; Henman, Martin; O'Dwyer, Maire; O'Connell, Juliette; Ryan, Cristin (2024)Background: The frequent prescribing of psychotropics and high prevalence of polypharmacy among older adults with intellectual disabilities require close monitoring. Aims: To describe change in prevalence, predictors ... -
Rating Scales to Measure Adverse Effects of Medications in People with Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review
O'Connell, Juliette (2022)Purpose: Intellectual disability (ID) is a chronic neurodevelopmental condition characterised by limitations in intelligence and adaptive skills with an onset prior to the age of 18 years. People with ID have complex ...