Background: Polypharmacy paves the way for non-adherence, adverse drug reactions,
negative health outcomes, increased use of healthcare services and rising costs. Since it is …

Polypharmacy is a major challenge in healthcare for older people, and is associated with
increased risks of adverse outcomes, such as delirium, falls, frailty, cognitive impairment and …

Abstract Objective Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) use is a common
phenomenon among older adults. This paper aimed to perform a systematic literature review …

Purpose To establish a consensus on both explicit and implicit criteria in order to identify
potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) in French older people aged 75 years and over or …

Polypharmacy, the consuming of more than five drugs, is a public health problem. It can lead
to many interactions and adverse drug reactions and is very expensive. Therapeutic …

Over half of older adults experience polypharmacy, including medications that may be
inappropriate or unnecessary. Deprescribing, which is the process of discontinuing or …

Polypharmacy, or the daily use of five or more medications, is well documented in older
adults and linked to negative outcomes such as medication errors, adverse drug reactions …

Background Patients hospitalised with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
[SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19)] infection are frequently older with co …

Objective To test the impact of a multicomponent behavioral intervention to reduce the use of
high‐risk anticholinergic medications in primary care older adults. Design Cluster …

Abstract Background The Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions
(STOPP)/Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment (START) instrument is used to evaluate …