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T1 Potentially Inappropriate Medication and Polypharmacy in Nursing Home Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study
A1 Díez Láiz, Raquel
A1 Cadenas, Raquel
A1 Susperregui Lesaca, Julián
A1 Sahagún Prieto, Ana María
A1 Fernández Martínez, María Nélida
A1 García Viéitez, Juan José
A1 Sierra Vega, Matilde
A1 López Cadenas, Cristina
A2 Farmacologia
K1 Enfermería
K1 Farmacología
K1 2019 Beers criteria
K1 drug–drug interactions
K1 elderly
K1 nursing home
K1 polypharmacy
K1 potentially inappropriate medication
K1 PRISCUS list
K1 v2 STOPP/START criteria
K1 32 Ciencias Médicas
K1 3209 Farmacología
K1 3201.07 Geriatría
AB [EN] Inappropriate prescribing in the elderly is a risk factor for higher adverse drugs reactions, hospitalisation, and mortality rates. Therefore, it is necessary to identify irrational prescriptions and implement interventions to improve geriatric clinical practices in nursing homes. This study aimed to examine and compare the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications in nursing home residents using three different updated criteria: 2019 Beers criteria, PRISCUS list, and v2 STOPP criteria, and to determine the prevalence of potential prescribing omissions according to v2 START criteria. A descriptive, observational, and cross-sectional study design was used. A total of 218 residents were involved in this study. Data on drug use were collected from medical charts. Information was screened with the software CheckTheMeds. Potentially inappropriate medications were present in 96.3%, 90.8%, and 35.3% of residents, according to the STOPP, Beers, and PRISCUS criteria or list, respectively. Inappropriate medication was found to be significantly associated with polypharmacy and severe or moderate drug–drug interactions with the three tools and with pathologies and unnecessary drugs only for STOPP criteria. The most frequent inappropriate medications were benzodiazepines and proton pump inhibitors. A regular use of software to review medications in nursing home residents would help to reduce the risk of these drug-related problem
PB MDPI
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17955
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17955
NO Díez, R., Cadenas, R., Susperregui, J., Sahagún, A. M., Fernández, N., García Vieitez, J. J., Sierra, M., & López, C. (2022). Potentially Inappropriate Medication and Polypharmacy in Nursing Home Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(13). https://doi.org/10.3390/JCM11133808
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 30-may-2024