Effectiveness of interventions aiming to reduce inappropriate drug prescribing: an overview of interventions

D Kroon, NF Steutel, H Vermeulen… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective Inappropriate prescribing of drugs is associated with unnecessary harms for
patients and healthcare costs. Interventions to reduce these prescriptions are widely studied …

Geriatricians, general internists, and potentially inappropriate medications for a national sample of older adults

JL Vandergrift, W Weng, B Leff… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Older adults are often prescribed medications that are potentially dangerous
and geriatricians have specialized training in treating polypharmacy that may benefit these …

Older adults and unintentional injury

L Hill, R Moran - Medical Clinics, 2023 - medical.theclinics.com
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Potentially inappropriate medications among elderly with frailty in a tertiary care academic medical centre in saudi arabia

SM Alsaad, S AlEraij, AM Alsaad, HI AlSaif… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aims to assess the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)
and to analyze the relationship between the PIMs and frailty among inpatient older adults …

Medication use and driving patterns in older drivers: preliminary findings from the LongROAD study

LL Hill, H Andrews, G Li, CG DiGuiseppi, ME Betz… - Injury …, 2020 - Springer
Background The potential for impaired driving due to medication use can occur at any age,
though older adults are more likely to take multiple prescribed medications and experience …

Prescription medication use in older adults without major cardiovascular disease enrolled in the aspirin in reducing events in the elderly (ASPREE) clinical trial

JE Lockery, ME Ernst, JC Broder… - … : The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Efforts to minimize medication risks among older adults include avoidance of
potentially inappropriate medications. Contemporary analysis of medication use in …

The association between physician knowledge and inappropriate medications for older populations

JL Vandergrift, W Weng, BM Gray - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Older patients are often prescribed potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)
given their age. We measured the association between a physician's general knowledge …

Motor vehicle crash risk in older adult drivers with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Y Liu, S Chihuri, TJ Mielenz, HF Andrews… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), such as
inattentiveness and impulsivity, could affect daily functioning and driving performance …

[HTML][HTML] A probabilistic bias analysis on the magnitude of unmeasured confounding: The impact of driving mileage on road traffic crashes

R Thiesmeier, M Skyving, J Möller, N Orsini - Accident Analysis & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Unmeasured confounding can lead to biased interpretations of empirical
findings. This paper aimed to assess the magnitude of suspected unmeasured confounding …

Frailty and potentially inappropriate medications using the 2019 Beers Criteria: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH)

K Thiruchelvam, J Byles, SS Hasan, N Egan… - Aging clinical and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Frailty is an essential consideration with potentially inappropriate medications
(PIMs), especially among older women. Aims This study determined the use of potentially …