ArticleAge and ageing2016
Sex differences in the risk of receiving potentially inappropriate prescriptions among older adults.
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- The Role of a Clinical Pharmacist in the Identification of Potentially Inadequate Drugs Prescribed to the Geriatric Population in Low-Resource Settings Using the Beers Criteria: A Pilot Study.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Potentially inappropriate prescribing in polymedicated older adults with atrial fibrillation and multimorbidity: a Swedish national register-based cohort study.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
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- Gender Differences in Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use among Older Adults.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Sex Differences in Multimorbidity, Inappropriate Medication and Adverse Outcomes of Inpatient Care: MoPIM Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Team-based primary care reforms and older adults: a descriptive assessment of sociodemographic trends and prescribing endpoints in two Canadian provinces.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Interventions to address potentially inappropriate prescriptions and over-the-counter medication use among adults 65 years and older in primary care settings: protocol for a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2022Article
- Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Patients with Dementia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesto measure sex differences in the risk of receiving potentially inappropriate prescription drugs and to examine what are the factors that contribute to these differences.
designa retrospective cohort study.
settingcommunity setting of British Columbia, Canada.
participantsresidents of British Columbia aged 65 and older (n = 660,679). MEASUREMENTS: we measured 2013 period prevalence of prescription dispensations satisfying the American Geriatrics Society's 2012 version of the Beers Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults. We used logistic regressions to test for associations between this outcome and a number of clinical and socioeconomic factors.
resultsa larger share of women (31%) than of men (26%) filled one or more potentially inappropriate prescription in the community. The odds of receiving potentially inappropriate prescriptions are associated with several clinical and socioeconomic factors. After controlling for those factors, community-dwelling women were at 16% higher odds of receiving a potentially inappropriate prescription than men (adjusted odds ratio = 1.16, 95% confidence interval = 1.12-1.21). Much of this sex difference stemmed from women's increased odds of receiving potentially inappropriate prescriptions for benzodiazepines and other hypnotics, for tertiary tricyclic antidepressants and for non-selective NSAIDs.
conclusionthere are significant sex differences in older adults' risk of receiving a potentially inappropriate prescription as a result of complex intersections between gender and other social constructs. Appropriate responses will therefore require changes in the information, norms and expectations of both prescribers and patients.
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