ArticleClinical interventions in aging2009
Potential prescription patterns and errors in elderly adult patients attending public primary health care centers in Mexico City.
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- Ambulatory Medication Safety in Primary Care: A Systematic Review.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFMPooled it
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- Imprudent Gastro-protective Approach in Majority of Specialists' Clinics of a Tertiary Hospital.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
- Patients Aged 80 Years or Older are Encountered More Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use.Chinese medical journal · 2016Article
- Assessment of the knowledge and attitudes of intern doctors to medication prescribing errors in a Nigeria tertiary hospital.Journal of basic and clinical pharmacy · 2013Article
- Prescription pattern and prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications among elderly patients in a Nigerian rural tertiary hospital.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2013Article
- Prescription writing practices in a rural tertiary care hospital in Western Maharashtra, India.The Australasian medical journal · 2011Article
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Abstract
introductionSix out of every 10 elderly persons live in developing countries.
objectiveTo analyze and assess the drug prescription patterns and errors in elderly outpatients attending public health care centers in Mexico City, Mexico. MATERIALS AND
methodsA descriptive and retrospective study was conducted in 2007. Fourteen hundred prescriptions were analyzed. Prescriptions of ambulatory adults aged >70 years who were residents of Mexico City for at least two years were included. Prescription errors were divided into two groups: (1) administrative and legal, and (2) pharmacotherapeutic. In group 2, we analyzed drug dose strength, administration route, frequency of drug administration, treatment length, potential drug-drug interactions, and contraindications. Variables were classified as correct or incorrect based on clinical literature. Variables for each drug were dichotomized as correct (0) or incorrect (1). A Prescription Index (PI) was calculated by considering each drug on the prescription. SPSS statistical software was used to process the collected data (95% confidence interval; p <0.05).
resultsThe drug prescription pattern in elderly outpatients shows that 12 drugs account for 70.72% (2880) of prescribed drugs. The most prescribed drugs presented potential pharmacotherapeutic errors (as defined in the present study). Acetylsalicylic acid-captopril was the most common potential interaction (not clinically assessed). Potential prescription error was high (53% of total prescriptions). Most of the prescription errors were due to omissions of dosage, administration route, and length of treatment and may potentially cause harm to the elderly outpatients.
conclusionsA high number of potential prescription errors were found, mainly due to omissions. The drug prescription pattern of the study population is mainly constituted by 12 drugs. The results indicate that prescription quality depends on the number of prescribed drugs per prescription (p < 0.000).
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