Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in a subpopulation of older European clinical trial participants: a cross-sectional study.

OBJECTIVES: To estimate and compare the prevalence and type of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) and potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) among community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) enrolled to a clinical trial in three European countries. DESIGN: A secondary analysis of the Thyroid Hormone Replacement for Subclinical Hypothyroidism Trial dataset. PARTICIPANTS: A subset of 48/80 PIP and 22/34 PPOs indicators from the Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment (STOPP/START) V2 criteria were applied to prescribed medication... Mehr ...

Verfasser: O Riordan, David
Aubert, Carole Elodie
Walsh, Kieran A
Van Dorland, Anette
Rodondi, Nicolas
Du Puy, Robert S
Poortvliet, Rosalinde KE
Gussekloo, Jacobijn
Sinnott, Carol
Byrne, Stephen
Galvin, Rose
Jukema, J Wouter
Mooijaart, Simon P
Baumgartner, Christine
McCarthy, Vera
Walsh, Elaine K
Collet, Tinh-Hai
Dekkers, Olaf M
Blum, Manuel R
Kearney, Patricia M
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Verlag/Hrsg.: BMJ
Schlagwörter: primary care / Aged / 80 and over / Cohort Studies / Cross-Sectional Studies / Drug Prescriptions / Female / Guidelines as Topic / Humans / Inappropriate Prescribing / Ireland / Logistic Models / Male / Multivariate Analysis / Netherlands / Polypharmacy / Potentially Inappropriate Medication List / Practice Patterns / Physicians' / Switzerland
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26828767
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/277430