The University of Queensland

Pharmacoepidemiology Research Delivering Evidence About Drug Safety in Older Adults

Ailabouni, Nagham J., Kassie, Gizat M. and Kalisch Ellett, Lisa M. (2022). Pharmacoepidemiology Research Delivering Evidence About Drug Safety in Older Adults. Encyclopedia of Evidence in Pharmaceutical Public Health and Health Services Research in Pharmacy. (pp. 1-11) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50247-8_25-1

The Drug Burden Index and Level of Frailty as Determinants of Healthcare Costs in a Cohort of Older Frail Adults in New Zealand

Duncan, Shnece, Bergler, Hans Ulrich, Menclova, Andrea, Pickering, John W., Nishtala, Prasad S., Ailabouni, Nagham, Hilmer, Sarah N., Mangin, Dee and Jamieson, Hamish (2024). The Drug Burden Index and Level of Frailty as Determinants of Healthcare Costs in a Cohort of Older Frail Adults in New Zealand. Value in Health Regional Issues, 41, 72-79. doi: 10.1016/j.vhri.2023.11.009

Comparative risk of gout flares when initiating or escalating various urate‐lowering therapy: a systematic review with network meta‐analysis

Maher, Dorsa, Reeve, Emily, Hopkins, Ashley, Tan, Jiun Ming, Tantiongco, Mahsa, Ailabouni, Nagham, Woodman, Richard, Stamp, Lisa, Bursill, David, Proudman, Susanna and Wiese, Michael (2024). Comparative risk of gout flares when initiating or escalating various urate‐lowering therapy: a systematic review with network meta‐analysis. Arthritis Care & Research. doi: 10.1002/acr.25309

Medicines Regimens Charted for Older People Living in Residential Aged Care: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study Describing the Number of Medicines, Regimen Complexity, High-Risk Prescribing, and Potential Underprescribing

Page, Amy Theresa, Potter, Kathleen, Lee, Georgie, Almutairi, Hend, Lee, Kenneth, Wang, Kate, Ailabouni, Nagham and Etherton-Beer, Christopher (2024). Medicines Regimens Charted for Older People Living in Residential Aged Care: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study Describing the Number of Medicines, Regimen Complexity, High-Risk Prescribing, and Potential Underprescribing. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.01.013

Partnering with a stakeholder steering group to co‐design the PRIME deprescribing conversation tool: reflections and recommendations

Ailabouni, Nagham J., Weir, Kristie Rebecca, Brandt, Nicole, Hanjani, Leila Shafiee, Green, Ariel, Thompson, Wade, Freeman, Christopher R., Mangin, Dee, Bohill, Ruth, Furst, Chloe and Reeve, Emily (2024). Partnering with a stakeholder steering group to co‐design the PRIME deprescribing conversation tool: reflections and recommendations. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, 134 (1), 121-125. doi: 10.1111/bcpt.13938

Top 10 unanswered questions about quality use of medicines in people living with dementia

Tan, Edwin, Reeve, Emily, Ailabouni, Nagham, Chenoweth, Lynn, Sawan, Mouna, Nguyen, Tuan Anh, Ellett, Lisa Kalisch, Gilmartin-Thomas, Julia, Sluggett, Janet, Quirke, Lyntara and Hilmer, Sarah (2023). Top 10 unanswered questions about quality use of medicines in people living with dementia. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 19 (7), 12. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2023.04.035

Consumer and healthcare professional led priority setting for quality use of medicines in people with dementia: gathering unanswered research questions

Reeve, Emily, Chenoweth, Lynn, Sawan, Mouna, Nguyen, Tuan Anh, Kalisch Ellett, Lisa, Gilmartin-Thomas, Julia, Tan, Edwin, Sluggett, Janet K., Quirke, Lyntara S., Tran, Kham, Ailabouni, Nagham, Cowan, Katherine, Sinclair, Ron, de la Perrelle, Lenore, Deimel, Judy, To, Josephine, Daly, Stephanie, Whitehead, Craig and Hilmer, Sarah N. (2023). Consumer and healthcare professional led priority setting for quality use of medicines in people with dementia: gathering unanswered research questions. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 91 (3), 933-960. doi: 10.3233/jad-220827

Deprescribing anticholinergic and sedative drugs to reduce polypharmacy in frail older adults living in the community: a randomized controlled trial

Jamieson, Hamish, Nishtala, Prasad S., Bergler, Hans Ulrich, Weaver, Susan K., Pickering, John W., Ailabouni, Nagham J., Abey-Nesbit, Rebecca, Gullery, Carolyn, Deely, Joanne, Gee, Susan B., Hilmer, Sarah N. and Mangin, Dee (2023). Deprescribing anticholinergic and sedative drugs to reduce polypharmacy in frail older adults living in the community: a randomized controlled trial. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 78 (9), 1692-1700. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glac249

Consumer attitudes towards deprescribing: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Weir, Kristie Rebecca, Ailabouni, Nagham J., Schneider, Carl R., Hilmer, Sarah N. and Reeve, Emily (2022). Consumer attitudes towards deprescribing: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, 77 (5), 1020-1034. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glab222

Leveraging implementation science to increase the translation of deprescribing evidence into practice

Ailabouni, Nagham J., Reeve, Emily, Helfrich, Christian D., Hilmer, Sarah N. and Wagenaar, Bradley H. (2022). Leveraging implementation science to increase the translation of deprescribing evidence into practice. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 18 (3), 2550-2555. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.05.018

Considerations for systematic reviews of quantitative surveys: learnings from a systematic review of the Patients’ Attitudes Towards Deprescribing questionnaire

Weir, Kristie Rebecca, Ailabouni, Nagham J., Schneider, Carl R., Hilmer, Sarah N. and Reeve, Emily (2022). Considerations for systematic reviews of quantitative surveys: learnings from a systematic review of the Patients’ Attitudes Towards Deprescribing questionnaire. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 18 (2), 2345-2349. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.07.024

Deprescribing to reduce polypharmacy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing deprescribing of anticholinergic and sedative drugs in a cohort of frail older people living in the community

Bergler, Ulrich, Ailabouni, Nagham J., Pickering, John W., Hilmer, Sarah N., Mangin, Dee, Nishtala, Prasad S. and Jamieson, Hamish (2021). Deprescribing to reduce polypharmacy: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing deprescribing of anticholinergic and sedative drugs in a cohort of frail older people living in the community. Trials, 22 (1) 766. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05711-w

Barriers and enablers of older adults initiating a deprescribing conversation

Ailabouni, Nagham J., Rebecca Weir, Kristie, Reeve, Emily, Turner, Justin T., Wilson Norton, Jennifer and Gray, Shelly L. (2021). Barriers and enablers of older adults initiating a deprescribing conversation. Patient Education and Counseling, 105 (3), 615-624. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.06.021

COVID-19 pandemic: considerations for safe medication use in older adults with multimorbidity and polypharmacy

Ailabouni, Nagham J., Hilmer, Sarah N., Kalisch, Lisa, Braund, Rhiannon and Reeve, Emily (2021). COVID-19 pandemic: considerations for safe medication use in older adults with multimorbidity and polypharmacy. Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 76 (6), 1068-1073. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa104

Difficulty with taking medications is associated with future diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

Barthold, Douglas, Marcum, Zachary A., Chen, Shuxian, White, Lindsay, Ailabouni, Nagham, Basu, Anirban, Coe, Norma B. and Gray, Shelly L. (2021). Difficulty with taking medications is associated with future diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 36 (4), 863-868. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06279-y

Medication use quality and safety in older adults: 2019 update

Ailabouni, Nagham J., Marcum, Zachary A., Schmader, Kenneth E. and Gray, Shelly L. (2021). Medication use quality and safety in older adults: 2019 update. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 69 (2), 336-341. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17018

Alterations in drug disposition in older adults: a focus on geriatric syndromes

Maher, Dorsa, Ailabouni, Nagham, Mangoni, Arduino A., Wiese, Michael D. and Reeve, Emily (2021). Alterations in drug disposition in older adults: a focus on geriatric syndromes. Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism and Toxicology, 17 (1), 41-52. doi: 10.1080/17425255.2021.1839413

Medication use quality and safety in older adults: 2018 update

Ailabouni, Nagham J., Marcum, Zachary A., Schmader, Kenneth E. and Gray, Shelly L. (2019). Medication use quality and safety in older adults: 2018 update. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67 (12), 2458-2462. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16243

Can existing tools predict older adults' willingness to deprescribe? Considerations for D-PRESCRIBE's post-hoc secondary analysis

Ailabouni, Nagham J. and Reeve, Emily (2019). Can existing tools predict older adults' willingness to deprescribe? Considerations for D-PRESCRIBE's post-hoc secondary analysis. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 15 (11), 1379-1380. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.08.025

DEFEAT-polypharmacy: deprescribing anticholinergic and sedative medicines feasibility trial in residential aged care facilities

Ailabouni, Nagham, Mangin, Dee and Nishtala, Prasad S. (2019). DEFEAT-polypharmacy: deprescribing anticholinergic and sedative medicines feasibility trial in residential aged care facilities. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 41 (1), 167-178. doi: 10.1007/s11096-019-00784-9

Deprescribing anticholinergic and sedative medicines: Protocol for a Feasibility Trial (DEFEAT-polypharmacy) in residential aged care facilities

Ailabouni, Nagham, Mangin, Dee and Nishtala, Prasad S (2017). Deprescribing anticholinergic and sedative medicines: Protocol for a Feasibility Trial (DEFEAT-polypharmacy) in residential aged care facilities. BMJ Open, 7 (4) e013800. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013800

Do residents need all their medications? A cross-sectional survey of RNs' views on deprescribing and the role of clinical pharmacists

Ailabouni, Nagham, Tordoff, June, Mangin, Dee and Nishtala, Prasad S. (2017). Do residents need all their medications? A cross-sectional survey of RNs' views on deprescribing and the role of clinical pharmacists. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 43 (10), 13-20. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20170914-05

Improvements in the prescribing of antipsychotics in dementia and psychogeriatric units in New Zealand

Tordoff, June M., Ailabouni, Nagham J., Browne, Dorothy P., Al-Sallami, Hesham S. and Gray, Andrew R. (2016). Improvements in the prescribing of antipsychotics in dementia and psychogeriatric units in New Zealand. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 38 (4), 941-949. doi: 10.1007/s11096-016-0318-1

Challenges and enablers of deprescribing: a general practitioner perspective

Ailabouni, Nagham J., Nishtala, Prasad S., Mangin, Dee and Tordoff, June M. (2016). Challenges and enablers of deprescribing: a general practitioner perspective. PLoS One, 11 (4) 0151066. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151066

General practitioners' insight into deprescribing for the multimorbid older individual: a qualitative study

Ailabouni, N. J., Nishtala, P. S., Mangin, D. and Tordoff, J. M. (2016). General practitioners' insight into deprescribing for the multimorbid older individual: a qualitative study. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 70 (3), 261-276. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.12780

Examining potentially inappropriate prescribing in residential care using the STOPP/START criteria

Ailabouni, N. J., Nishtala, P. S. and Tordoff, J. M. (2016). Examining potentially inappropriate prescribing in residential care using the STOPP/START criteria. European Geriatric Medicine, 7 (1), 40-46. doi: 10.1016/j.eurger.2015.11.004

Co-designing The Prime Tool To Empower People Living With Dementia And Their Carers To Initiate Deprescribing Conversations

Shafiee Hanjani, Leila, Weir, Kristie, Reeve, Emily, Brandt, Nicole, Tao, Eric and Ailabouni, Nagham J. (2023). Co-designing The Prime Tool To Empower People Living With Dementia And Their Carers To Initiate Deprescribing Conversations. FIP World Congress, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 24 - 28 September 2023.

An International Comparison Of Deprescribing Interventional Studies: How To Determine Factors That Contribute To Translational Deprescribing Success?

Elsedfy, Youmna, Mangin, Dee, Jamieson, Hamish, Bergler, Ulrich, Nishtala, Prasad, Weaver, Susan K., Reeve, Emily, Freeman, Christopher R. and Ailabouni, Nagham (2023). An International Comparison Of Deprescribing Interventional Studies: How To Determine Factors That Contribute To Translational Deprescribing Success?. FIP World Congress, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 24 - 28 September 2023.

Attitudes of healthcare professional towards the use of parenteral methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a qualitative study

Ming, Jiun, Reeve, Emily, Chai, Wern Chern, Ailabouni, Nagham, Proudman, Susanna and Wiese, Michael (2023). Attitudes of healthcare professional towards the use of parenteral methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a qualitative study. 2023 Australian Rheumatology Association (ARA) 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 6–9 May 2023. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1111/imj.16057

Preventing gout flares when introducing or escalating urate-lowering therapy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Maher, Dorsa, Reeve, Emily, Hopkins, Ashley, Tan, Jiun Ming, Tantiongco, Mahsa, Ailabouni, Nagham, Woodman, Richard, Stamp, Lisa, Bursill, David, Proudman, Susanna and Wiese, Michael (2023). Preventing gout flares when introducing or escalating urate-lowering therapy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. 2023 Australian Rheumatology Association (ARA) 63rd Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 6–9 May 2023. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1111/imj.16057

Preventing urate-lowering therapy induced gout flares: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Maher, Dorsa, Reeve, Emily, Tan, Jiun Ming, Tantiongco, Mahsa M., Ailabouni, Nagham J., Hopkins, Ashley M., Woodman, Richard J., Stamp, Lisa, Bursill, David, Proudman, Susanna and Wiese, Michael D. (2022). Preventing urate-lowering therapy induced gout flares: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. APSA-ASCEPT, Perth, WA, Australia, 29 November - 2 December 2022.

Co-designing deprescribing guidelines’ implementation into hospital for people living with dementia

Ailabouni, Nagham J., Weir, Kristie, Maher, Dorsa, Hilmer, Sarah, Koeper, Ivanka, Russell, Patrick, Shakib, Sepehr and Reeve, Emily (2022). Co-designing deprescribing guidelines’ implementation into hospital for people living with dementia. APSA-ASCEPT, Perth, WA Australia, 29 November - 2 December 2022.

Attitudes of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients towards Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD) deprescribing

Murray, Lauren, Reeve, Emily, Ailabouni, Nagham, Kalisch Ellett, Lisa and Weise, Michael (2022). Attitudes of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients towards Disease Modifying Anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD) deprescribing. The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Sydney, Australia, 29-31 July 2022.