Observational studyClinical interventions in aging2017
Potentially inappropriate medications use in community-based aged patients: a cross-sectional study using 2012 Beers criteria.
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- 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
- Potentially inappropriate medications use among the older patients diagnosed with psychiatric diseases in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Management of potentially inappropriate medication use among older adult's patients in primary care settings: description of an interventional prospective non-randomized study.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Use of potentially inappropriate medication for elderly patients in tertiary care hospital of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024Article
- Drug safety in older patients with alcohol use disorder: a retrospective cohort study.Therapeutic advances in psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- Potentially Inappropriate Medications Use and Associated Factors Among Older Patients on Follow-Up at the Chronic Care Clinic of Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Eastern Ethiopia.Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental · 2024Article
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- Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Older Adults-Prevalence, Trends and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Overuse of medications in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2023Article
- A pharmacist-led medication review service with a deprescribing focus guided by implementation science.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- 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
- Research status and hotspots of medication safety in older adults: A bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- Potentially inappropriate medication use among older adult patients on follow-up at the chronic care clinic of a specialized teaching hospital in Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
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- A population-based study of self-reported adverse drug events among Lebanese outpatients.Scientific reports · 2021Observational
- Adherence to Beers Criteria in Geriatrics: A Retrospective Study in a Saudi Teaching Hospital.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications use among older adults and risk factors using the 2015 American Geriatrics Society Beers criteria.BMC geriatrics · 2019Article
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- Potentially inappropriate medications in community-dwelling older adults undertaken as a comprehensive geriatric risk assessment.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundPotentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) should be avoided by the aged population. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of PIMs among Lebanese aged outpatients using Beers criteria of 2012. The secondary objectives were to identify the correlates of the PIMs use and to compare the PIMs prevalence rates as per Beers criteria of 2003 and 2012.
methodsThis cross-sectional observational study was conducted among aged outpatients of different accredited community pharmacies across Lebanon. Data were collected through a validated questionnaire. The Beers criteria of 2012 were used to evaluate PIMs. The association between PIMs used and independent variables were analyzed by logistic regression. The differences between PIMs use according to Beers criteria 2003 and 2012 were calculated using chi-squared and McNemar's tests.
resultsA total of 248 outpatients were analyzed. We identified 112 (45.2%) out of 248 patients taking PIMs. The leading classes of medications identified to cause PIMs were those acting on the central nervous system (71.4%). The factors associated with PIMs use were age, osteoporosis, Alzheimer/dementia, diabetes, and alcohol consumption. PIMs use increased significantly between Beers criteria 2003 and 2012 (Chi-squared test,
conclusionOur study showed a high prevalence of PIMs use in Lebanon, which is associated with various correlates. Education of health care providers and medication review should be considered to improve medication safety of older adults.
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