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Potentially inappropriate medications in older patients based on Beers criteria: a cross-sectional study of a family medicine practice in Saudi Arabia.
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- The current view of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) among older adults in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Pooled it
- Trajectories of potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults in Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Polypharmacy, drug-drug interactions, and potentially inappropriate medications among older adults: a cross-sectional study in Northeast Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- 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
- 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 for people with dementia in ambulatory care: a cross-sectional observational study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Observational
- 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
- Prescribing Renally Inappropriate Medication to Hospitalized Geriatric Patients in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.International journal of general medicine · 2024Article
- Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Hospitalized Older Patients in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia Using 2023 Beers Criteria: A Retrospective Multi-Centric Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
- Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Older Adults-Prevalence, Trends and Associated Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study in Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Potentially inappropriate medication uses and associated factors among elderly primary health care clinics attendees: A call to action.PloS one · 2023Article
- Polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and associated factors among older adults with hypertension in primary care.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2023Article
- Recent Updates on Risk and Management Plans Associated with Polypharmacy in Older Population.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Potentially inappropriate medication use and the hospitalization rate among Thai elderly patients: a retrospective cohort study.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2022Article
- Assessment of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Using the EU (7)-PIM List, in a Sample of Portuguese Older Adults' Residents in Nursing Homes.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2022Article
- Potentially Inappropriate Medications Use among Older Adults with Comorbid Diabetes and Hypertension in an Ambulatory Care Setting.Journal of diabetes research · 2022Article
- Characterization of potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions for the elderly in primary care and hospital settings.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- Identifying key prescribing cascades in older people (iKASCADE): a transnational initiative on drug safety through a sex and gender lens-rationale and design.European geriatric medicine · 2021Article
- Sleep Disturbance, Sleep Disorders and Co-Morbidities in the Care of the Older Person.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) is an important issue in older patients who are at risk of adverse drug events.
aimTo determine the prevalence of PIM use, according to Beers criteria, among an older population (aged ≥65 years) in a large family medicine setting, and to identify the associated risks. DESIGN &
settingA prospective cross-sectional study of patients aged ≥65 years was conducted from June 2017 to June 2018 at the Family and Community Medicine (FCM) clinics of King Saud Medical City (KSMC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
methodThis cross-sectional study included patients aged ≥65 years who were seen at new appointments or followed-up at the FCM clinics of KSMC in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected by extensive face-to-face interviews and from the patients' medical records.
resultsA total of 270 older patients aged 72.41 ±6.23 years (mean ±standard deviation [SD]) were included in the present study. The prevalence of PIMs was 60.7% (
conclusionThis study showed high prevalence of PIMs. Increasing age, female sex, and polypharmacy were found to be significant risk factors for PIM use. The frequency of morbidities was not significantly different among patients with PIMs compared to those without PIMs, except for hypertension and osteoarthritis, which were more common in the PIMs group. The present study reinforces the importance of comprehensive medication management and reviews.
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