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‘Potentially inappropriate or specifically appropriate?’ Qualitative evaluation of general practitioners views on prescribing, polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people [PDF]

BMC Family Practice, 2016
Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) is common in older people in primary care, as evidenced by a significant body of quantitative research. However, relatively few qualitative studies have investigated the phenomenon of PIP and its underlying processes from the perspective of general practitioners (GPs).
Clyne, Barbara, Cooper, Janine A., Hughes, Carmel M., Fahey, Tom, Smith, Susan M.   +4 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Identified Using STOPP/START Version 3 in Geriatric Patients and Comparison with Version 2: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine
Arkadiusz Styszynski, Ewa Deskur-Śmielecka, Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Frailty and Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older People with Polypharmacy: A Bi-Directional Relationship?

, 2022
Frail older adults commonly experience multiple co-morbid illnesses and other risk factors for potentially inappropriate prescribing. However, determination of frailty varies depending on the frailty instrument used.
Randles, Mary A., Randles, Mary A, Gallagher, Paul F., O'Mahony, Denis, Gallagher, Paul F, O’Mahony, Denis   +5 more
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing in older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundOlder adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at heightened risk for polypharmacy. We examined potentially inappropriate prescribing in this population and whether introducing pharmacists into the ambulatory kidney care model was ...
Amber O Molnar, Sarah Bota, Nivethika Jeyakumar, Eric McArthur, Marisa Battistella, Amit X Garg, Manish M Sood, K Scott Brimble   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prescribing-Assessment Tools for Long-Term Care Pharmacy Practice: Reaching Consensus through a Modified RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method

Pharmacy, 2021
Medicines are the most used health technology in Long-Term Care. The prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines amongst Long-Term Care patients is high.
João R. Gonçalves, Betsy L. Sleath, Manuel J. Lopes, Afonso M. Cavaco   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating Inappropriate Medication Prescribing Among Elderly Patients in Palestine Using the STOPP/ START Criteria

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2022
Abdallah Damin Abukhalil, Siham Al-Imam,* Mohammad Yaghmour,* Raghad Abushama,* Laith Saad,* Hiba Falana, Hani A Naseef Pharmacy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Professions, Birzeit University, Birzeit, West Bank ...
Abukhalil AD, Al-Imam S, Yaghmour M, Abushama R, Saad L, Falana H, Naseef HA   +6 more
doaj  

Prescribing Potentially Inappropriate Psychotropic Medications to the Ambulatory Elderly [PDF]

Archives of Internal Medicine, 2000
Psychotropic agents account for 23% to 51% of all inappropriate medications prescribed based on 1991 inappropriate medication criteria for nursing home residents. The criteria were revised to apply to all people older than 65 years. This study used the revised criteria in ambulatory settings to quantify potentially inappropriate prescription of ...
J R, Mort, R R, Aparasu
openaire   +2 more sources

Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care and its association with hospital admission: longitudinal study [PDF]

, 2018
Objective To determine whether hospital admission is associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing among older primary care patients (aged ≥65 years) and whether such prescribing was more likely after hospital admission than before.Design ...
Teresa Perez (42093), Ronald McDowell (3849064), Emma Wallace (7895447), Perez, Teresa, Fahey, Tom, Pérez Pérez, Teresa, Moriarty, Frank, Wallace, Emma, Patrick Redmond (10046024), Frank Moriarty (7895507), Redmond, Patrick, McDowell, Ronald   +11 more
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DataSheet1_A tool for screening potentially inappropriate prescribing in Chinese children.docx

, 2022
Background: More than half of adverse drug events in pediatric patients are avoidable and blocking medication errors at the prescribing stage might be one of the most effective preventive measures.Objective: To form a tool (a series of criteria) for ...
Linan Zeng (525069), Lingli Zhang (160932), Dan Yu (214174), Guo Cheng (165415), Liang Huang (114017), Siyu Li (404947), Zhi-Jun Jia (2213686)   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Factors Associated with Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Patients with Prostate Cancer. [PDF]

J Clin Med
Background/Objectives: Drug prescribing in elderly people with chronic diseases carries certain risks. The desire to treat several different diseases at the same time increases the risk of inadequate drug prescribing. Prostate cancer is a disease of older men and occurs in most men over the age of 65.
Peulic M, Zivkovic Zaric R, Stojadinovic M, Peulic M, Gavrilovic J, Zivkovic Radojevic M, Grujic M, Petronijevic M, Mutavdzic V, Zivkovic O, Randjelovic N, Milosavljevic N.   +11 more
europepmc   +3 more sources