Psychotropic medicines use in Residents And Culture: Influencing Clinical Excellence (PRACTICE) tool (c). A development and content validation study

摘要

Introduction: Psychotropic medicines are often prescribed in nursing homes to manage behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia despite marginal clinical effects alongside harmful adverse events. Organizational culture has been identified as a key factor that contributes to the high-level prescribing of psychotropic medicines in nursing homes. There are gaps in existing tools used to link organizational culture to the use of psychotropic medicines. The aim of this research was to develop and content validate a tool that evaluates organizational culture specific to the use of psychotropic medicines, named the Psychotropic medicines use in Residents And Culture: Influencing Clinical Excellence (PRACTICE) tool (c).