ArticleInternational journal of clinical pharmacy2015
Prevalence and predictors of potentially inappropriate medications among home care elderly patients in Qatar.
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- Prevalence of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older Adults in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2024Pooled it
- Factors associated with potentially inappropriate prescriptions and barriers to medicines optimisation among older adults in primary care settings: a systematic review.Family medicine and community health · 2021Pooled it
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- Prevalence and Predictors of Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older People Receiving Home Health Care in Saudi Arabia According to the American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria 2019.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Prescribing Practices in Geriatric Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Potentially Inappropriate Medication and Polypharmacy in Nursing Home Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- The patterns and implications of potentially suboptimal medicine regimens among older adults: a narrative review.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2022Review
- Prevalence and Predictors of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Among Patients Aged ≥65 Years on Hospital Admissions in Kuwait.Clinical interventions in aging · 2022Article
- The inappropriate use of proton pump inhibitors and its associated factors among community-dwelling older adults.Heliyon · 2021Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescription Among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in the State of Qatar.Drugs - real world outcomes · 2021Article
- Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications use among older adults and risk factors using the 2015 American Geriatrics Society Beers criteria.BMC geriatrics · 2019Article
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use in hip fracture patients: a Danish nationwide prevalence study.Acta orthopaedica · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundOlder patients receiving home health care are particularly at risk of receiving potentially inappropriate medications compared to community-dwelling population. Data on appropriateness of prescribing in these patients is limited.
objectiveTo investigate the prevalence, patterns and determinants of potentially inappropriate medications among elderly patients receiving Home Health Care Services in Qatar.
settingHome Health Care Services department in Hamad Medical Corporation-Qatar.
methodsA cross-sectional study, conducted over a 3 months period. Patients 65 years and older, taking at least one medication and receiving home care services were included. Potentially inappropriate medications were identified and classified in accordance with the American Geriatrics Society 2012 Beers Criteria.
main outcome measurePrevalence of potentially inappropriate medications using updated Beers criteria.
resultsA total of 191 patients (38.2%) had at least one potentially inappropriate medication. As per Beers criteria, 35% of medications were classified as medications to be avoided in older adults regardless of conditions and 9% as potentially inappropriate medications when used with certain diseases or syndromes. The majority of potentially inappropriate medications (56%) were classified as medications to be used with caution. The two leading classes of potentially inappropriate medications were antipsychotics (27.4%) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (16%). Significant predictors of inappropriate prescribing were hypertension [adjusted OR 1.7; 95% CI (1.0, 2.8)], dementia [adjusted OR 2.0; 95% CI (1.2, 3.1)], depression [adjusted OR 21.6; 95% CI (2.8, 168.4)], and taking more than ten prescribed medications [adjusted OR 1.9; 95% CI (1.3, 2.8)].
conclusionPrescribing potentially inappropriate medications is common among older adults receiving home health care services in Qatar, a finding that warrants further attention. Polypharmacy, hypertension, depression and dementia were significantly associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing.
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