ArticleDrugs - real world outcomes2021
Prevalence and Predictors of Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescription Among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in the State of Qatar.
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- Multifaceted and educational interventions to improve prescribing indicators in the Middle East and North Africa Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Pooled it
- 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
- Effectiveness of digital platform in reducing unintentional medication discrepancies at transition of care from hospital discharge to primary healthcare settings: a randomised controlled trial.BMC primary care · 2025Trial
- Development of a nomogram for predicting the risk of potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: A retrospective cross-sectional study.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Article
- Evaluation of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use among geriatric individuals aged 80 years and older.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Polypharmacy, determinants, and adverse outcomes in elderly patients with heart failure: a multicenter retrospective cohort study of 7,361 subjects.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Predictors of community pharmacists' readiness to implement deprescribing of inappropriate medications for older adults in Qatar.PloS one · 2026Article
- Implementation and evaluation of clinical pharmacy services in elderly outpatients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes: a single-center experience from Vietnam.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Potentially inappropriate medication use and comorbidity in association with quality of life in community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional study in Iran.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Potentially inappropriate medications for geriatric patients in Bahrain: prevalence, predictors, and implications for practice.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Prescribing trends of cardioprotective medications among patients with diabetes and ASCVD in primary care setting in Qatar.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 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
- Comparing AGS Beers 2019, STOPP version 2, and EU(7)-PIM list in Portuguese older adults in primary health care.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 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 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
- 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
- Prevalence and Predictors of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Among Patients Aged ≥65 Years on Hospital Admissions in Kuwait.Clinical interventions in aging · 2022Article
- The patterns and implications of potentially suboptimal medicine regimens among older adults: a narrative review.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundPotentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) often lead to sub-optimal or poor health outcomes in older adults.
objectiveThe objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of PIM prescription among older adults in Qatar. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis was a cross-sectional, retrospective study using data from the electronic medical records of Qatari patients (age ≥ 65 years) attending the 23 primary healthcare (PHC) centers in Qatar from April 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017. PIMs were identified based on the Beers 2015 criteria: (1) medications to avoid for many or most older adults, and (2) medications to be used with caution in older adults. Descriptive statistics were used to estimate the prevalence of PIM prescription; multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identify predictors of PIM prescription among the study population.
results5639 older adults were included with a mean age of 72.8 (± 6.5) years; 53.8% were females. The prevalence of PIMs that should be avoided was 60.7%, with the most prevalent ones being gastrointestinal (84.2%), pain (49.9%), and central nervous system (10.4%) drugs. Most patients (61.1%) were prescribed one PIM, 26.9% two PIMs, and 12.0% three or more PIMs. The prevalence of PIMs that should be used with caution was 40.6%, with diuretics (83.1%), antidepressants (25.7%), and antiplatelets (18.3%) as the most prevalent drug classes. Multivariable logistic regression showed female gender, polypharmacy, and certain comorbidities to be significant predictors of PIM prescription.
conclusionsOlder adults attending Qatar's 23 PHC centers are prescribed a high number of PIMs. Because of the high risk of PIM prescription, the practice of medication reconciliation should be strengthened and reinforced.
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