Objective Polypharmacy has been linked to a myriad of adverse consequences, and
escalating rates of polypharmacy present an emerging concern, particularly among older …

Over the past decades, a progressive and exponential aging of the population has been
observed. In particular, an absolute e relative increase of old and very old persons is also …

Missed nursing care (MNC), such as nursing care omitted or delayed, has not been
measured in the Italian context where several cost containment interventions affect the care …

Anemia affects a substantial fraction of the elderly population, representing a public health
problem that is predicted to further increase in coming years because of the demographic …

Abstract Purpose To investigate:(1) the cross-sectional association between polypharmacy,
hyperpolypharmacy and presence of prefrailty or frailty;(2) the risk of incident prefrailty or …

Importance Hypertension treatment is beneficial for most hypertensive patients. The benefits
for patients who are very old and frail, especially those taking numerous medications, are …

Background Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is burdened by high mortality rate that increases
with aging. Elderly patients may be exposed to multiple risk factors for GIB. We aimed at …

In the present study, we aimed to identify multimorbidity patterns in a Japanese population
and investigate whether these patterns have differing effects on polypharmacy and dosage …

Background Polypharmacy, as the use of five or more drugs, has commonly been
associated with the elderly and multiple co-morbidities and related to impairment of clinical …

Aims and objectives This article examines the attitudes of Finnish home care registered
nurses, licensed vocational nurses and other health and social care personnel towards the …