Observational studyDrugs & aging2021
Persistence of Effect of Medication Review on Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions in Older Patients Following Hospital Discharge.
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- Lists of potentially inappropriate medications for older people in primary care: a systematic review of health outcomes.Cadernos de saude publica · 2024Pooled it
- Impact of collaborative pharmaceutical care on older inpatients' medication safety: multicentre stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial (MEDREV Study).BMC geriatrics · 2025Trial
- Detectability of Medication Errors With a STOPP/START-Based Medication Review in Older People Prior to a Potentially Preventable Drug-Related Hospital Admission.Drug safety · 2022Trial
- Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Following Hospital Discharge Among Medicare Beneficiaries.The American journal of managed care · 2026Observational
- What Deprescribing Information Should Be Communicated on Discharge and How? A Qualitative Study of Pharmacists' Perspectives on Deprescribing at Transitions of Care.Australasian journal on ageing · 2026Article
- Factors influencing the anticholinergic burden of medical prescriptions for older patients hospitalized for delirium.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Uptake of pharmacist recommendations by patients after discharge: Implementation study of a patient-centered medicines review service.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Impact of medication reviews on drug-related problems (DRPs) in older patients living in nursing homes in West Occitania.Fundamental & clinical pharmacology · 2023Article
- Strategies and Tools for Supporting the Appropriateness of Drug Use in Older People.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease.Turkish journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundPotentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs) can lead to adverse drug reactions and should be avoided whenever possible.
objectiveOur objective was to assess the PIP resumption rate 6 months after discharge from our geriatric unit and to compare it with data in the literature.
methodsThis single-center observational study included patients aged ≥ 70 years with at least one PIP that had been stopped during hospitalization (according to Screening Tool for Older Persons Prescriptions [STOPP] and Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment [START] criteria, version 2) between May 2018 and October 2018. We collected sociodemographic data, medication reconciliation data, and descriptive data during a comprehensive geriatric assessment. Each patient's medication history after discharge was determined in collaboration with their usual community pharmacist.
resultsA total of 125 patients (females 70%, mean age 87.1 years) were included. Data for the admission and discharge medication reconciliations were available for 44 patients (35%). On admission, 121 of the 125 patients (97%) were taking cardiovascular medication. Of the 336 treatments withdrawn, 61 (18.2%) had been re-prescribed at 6 months post-discharge-including half within the first month. The most frequent STOPP criterion was lack of indication (32%), and the overall PIP resumption rate was 22%. According to the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification, the main organ system affected by PIPs was the cardiovascular system (47%, with a resumption rate of 17%).
conclusionOur results highlighted a low PIP resumption rate at 6 months and showed that a collaborative medication review is associated with persistent medium-term medication changes.
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