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Potentially inappropriate medications prescribed for older persons: A study from two teaching hospitals in Southern India.
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- Prevalence of Use of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Among Older Adults Worldwide: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults: Concordance Among the Chinese and AGS/Beers and STOPP Criteria.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Enhancing medication appropriateness: Insights from the STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions) criteria version 3 on prescribing practices among the older adults in Pakistan.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Overuse of medications in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2023Article
- Evaluation of potentially inappropriate medications for the elderly according to beers, STOPP, START, and Chinese criteria.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
- Potentially Inappropriate Medications among Elderly with Frailty in a Tertiary Care Academic Medical Centre in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Patient factors associated with new prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications in multimorbid US older adults using multiple medications.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Polypharmacy, Hyperpolypharmacy and Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
- Potentially inappropriate medications for the elderly: Incidence and impact on mortality in a cohort ten-year follow-up.PloS one · 2020Article
- Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication and its correlates in elderly hospitalized patients: A cross-sectional study based on Beers criteria.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPotentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are a major concern in geriatric care. The primary objective of our study was to assess the prevalence of PIMs prescribed for older persons attending outpatient setting of two teaching hospitals in Kerala state in South India, where the population is aging. MATERIALS AND
methodsA cross-sectional study was carried out in two teaching hospitals in Kerala. Four hundred consecutive outpatient medical records of patients aged 65 years and above were selected. The current medications of the patients were analyzed to identify PIMs by the Beers criteria 2015. Polypharmacy and hyperpolypharmacy were defined as 5-9 medications and ≥10 medications, respectively. Chi-square test was done to identify demographic variables and the pattern of health-care facility use associated with PIM prescription. Binary logistic regression was performed to adjust for confounding associations.
resultsThe prevalence of PIMs prescription was 34.0% (95% confidence interval: 29.4%-38.6%) and that of polypharmacy and hyperpolypharmacy was 45.8% and 13.5%, respectively. The common PIMs were proton-pump inhibitors, benzodiazepines, peripheral α-1 blockers, and first-generation antihistamines. Inpatient admission, visits to the emergency department, multiple diagnoses, polypharmacy, and hyperpolypharmacy were associated with PIM prescription (
conclusionPIM prescription appears to be common in teaching hospitals in Kerala. Polypharmacy and hyperpolypharmacy in older people should trigger a review of medication to reduce the use of PIM.
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