{"title":"Medication Management, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Occupational Therapy: A Scoping Review","authors":"D. Allen, L. Jaffe, Allison Pfleghaar","doi":"10.1080/02703181.2022.2079800","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Medication management is an important Instrumental Activity of Daily Living (IADL) with significant consequences when it cannot be completed correctly due to unintentional errors. With the inclusion of medication management in the occupational therapy scope of practice, it is important for therapists to understand its correlation to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to better recognize and address areas of need for clients. A scoping review was conducted to answer two questions: (1) What is the association of MCI with medication management? (2) Which areas of cognitive processes might foreshadow unintentional medication errors? MCI showed a strong correlation with medication management errors. Executive function showed a correlation to medication management with mixed relationships with different subcategories of executive function. Memory showed mixed results, but tended to have a correlation with medication management. It is important for occupational therapists to assess MCI in older adults as it may go unrecognized in earlier stages.","PeriodicalId":45387,"journal":{"name":"PHYSICAL & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN GERIATRICS","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"PHYSICAL & OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN GERIATRICS","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02703181.2022.2079800","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"REHABILITATION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract Medication management is an important Instrumental Activity of Daily Living (IADL) with significant consequences when it cannot be completed correctly due to unintentional errors. With the inclusion of medication management in the occupational therapy scope of practice, it is important for therapists to understand its correlation to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to better recognize and address areas of need for clients. A scoping review was conducted to answer two questions: (1) What is the association of MCI with medication management? (2) Which areas of cognitive processes might foreshadow unintentional medication errors? MCI showed a strong correlation with medication management errors. Executive function showed a correlation to medication management with mixed relationships with different subcategories of executive function. Memory showed mixed results, but tended to have a correlation with medication management. It is important for occupational therapists to assess MCI in older adults as it may go unrecognized in earlier stages.
期刊介绍:
This comprehensive journal is recognized for its useful balance of research and clinical practice articles. For more than twenty five years Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics has functioned as a forum for allied health professionals as well as others with a focus on rehabilitation of the geriatric client to share information, clinical experience, research, and therapeutic practice. Each issue focuses on current practice and emerging issues in the care of the older client, including rehabilitation and long-term care in institutional and community settings, and innovative programming; the entire range of problems experienced by the elderly; and the current skills needed for working with older clients.