Tools and guidelines to assess the appropriateness of medication and aid deprescribing: An umbrella review

DZ Anlay, K Paque, E Van Leeuwen… - British journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The aim of this umbrella review was to identify tools and guidelines to aid the
deprescribing process of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), evaluate …

Potentially inappropriate medication and frailty in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

W Ma, H Wang, Z Wen, L Liu, X Zhang - Archives of gerontology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives The purpose of this study was to systematically assess existing studies to
demonstrate the association between potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) and frailty …

[HTML][HTML] Potentially inappropriate medication and polypharmacy in nursing home residents: a cross-sectional study

R Díez, R Cadenas, J Susperregui… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inappropriate prescribing in the elderly is a risk factor for higher adverse drugs reactions,
hospitalisation, and mortality rates. Therefore, it is necessary to identify irrational …

[HTML][HTML] Potentially inappropriate medication use among older adult patients on follow-up at the chronic care clinic of a specialized teaching hospital in Ethiopia. A …

BT Tesfaye, MT Tessema, MA Yizengaw, DD Bosho - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Older adult patients are prone to potentially inappropriate medication use
(PIMU); its use has been associated with multiple adverse consequences. As a result, it is …

Drug interactions for elderly people with mental and behavioral disorders: a systematic scoping review

M Forgerini, G Schiavo, RC Lucchetta… - Archives of Gerontology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To identify drug interactions of potentially inappropriate medications and mental
and behavioral disorders, according to explicit potentially inappropriate medications criteria …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration of symptom scale as an outcome for deprescribing: A medication review study in nursing homes

DA Dalin, S Frandsen, GK Madsen, C Vermehren - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of inappropriate medication is an increasing problem among the elderly, leading to
hospitalizations, mortality, adverse effects, and lower quality of life (QoL). Deprescribing …

[HTML][HTML] Consumo de medicamentos não padronizados na saúde indígena: uso racional?

LT Fernandes, TAA Ayala, RMA Firmato… - Ciência & Saúde …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
O estudo analisou o consumo de medicamentos não padronizados na saúde indígena,
enfatizando a racionalidade da farmacoterapia, por meio de um estudo transversal dos …

[HTML][HTML] Prescribing pattern of anti-hypertensive medications among hypertensive outpatients at selected hospitals of South Gondar Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia: a hospital …

TS Yazie, YS Yimer, AM Belete, GT Desta - BMC Pharmacology and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Irrational prescription has a lion share for uncontrolled blood pressure. There is
no study assessing prescription pattern among hypertensive patients at the study sites …

[HTML][HTML] Inappropriate prescribing in geriatric rural primary care: impact on adverse outcomes and relevant risk factors in a prospective observational cohort study

M Tampaki, A Livada, MN Fourka, E Lazaridou… - Aging Clinical and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Several tools have revealed an association between potentially inappropriate
medications (PIM) and adverse outcomes, but the one most fitted for the rural population has …

Potentially inappropriate medications and potential prescribing omissions in hospitalised older adults in New Zealand: a retrospective study

MA Mohammed, AHY Chan, S Chan… - … Journal on Ageing, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Medication errors can have detrimental effects on patient outcomes, yet there are
limited data on the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and potential …