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Association between Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use and Chronic Diseases in the Elderly
Long-term continuous exposure to potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) can lead to adverse events in the elderly. However, the effects of long-term exposure of the elderly to PIM and the relationship between PIM and chronic diseases remain unclear. The objective of this study was to investiga...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6616857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31226874 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122189 |
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author | Wang, Tzu-Chueh Ku, Pou-Jen Lu, Hai-Lin Hsu, Kung-Chuan Trezise, Damien Wang, Hue-Yu |
author_facet | Wang, Tzu-Chueh Ku, Pou-Jen Lu, Hai-Lin Hsu, Kung-Chuan Trezise, Damien Wang, Hue-Yu |
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description | Long-term continuous exposure to potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) can lead to adverse events in the elderly. However, the effects of long-term exposure of the elderly to PIM and the relationship between PIM and chronic diseases remain unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the continuous use of PIMs in a community-dwelling elderly population. A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted using community pharmacy–filed dispensing records from the Hcare system. Twenty-three community pharmacies were sampled from 2013 to 2015 to obtain records of patients above 65 years-old with continuous prescriptions. PIM were identified according to the 2015 Beers Criteria. The prevalence of patients using PIM was highest in patients with co-morbid mental disorders (40.05%), followed by neurological system disorders (28.91%). Patients who were prescribed a PIM were more than three times as likely to have a mental disorder as those (odds ratio 3.16, 95% confidence interval: 3.06–3.28) with non-chronic diseases. The most prescribed PIM agents were central nervous system drugs (53.16%), and benzodiazepines (35.15%). Patients with mental disorders had the highest rate of long-term persistent PIM exposure, with benzodiazepines being the most frequently dispensed. Drug safety concerns should be closely monitored in elderly patients with the abovementioned conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-66168572019-07-18 Association between Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use and Chronic Diseases in the Elderly Wang, Tzu-Chueh Ku, Pou-Jen Lu, Hai-Lin Hsu, Kung-Chuan Trezise, Damien Wang, Hue-Yu Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Long-term continuous exposure to potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) can lead to adverse events in the elderly. However, the effects of long-term exposure of the elderly to PIM and the relationship between PIM and chronic diseases remain unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the continuous use of PIMs in a community-dwelling elderly population. A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted using community pharmacy–filed dispensing records from the Hcare system. Twenty-three community pharmacies were sampled from 2013 to 2015 to obtain records of patients above 65 years-old with continuous prescriptions. PIM were identified according to the 2015 Beers Criteria. The prevalence of patients using PIM was highest in patients with co-morbid mental disorders (40.05%), followed by neurological system disorders (28.91%). Patients who were prescribed a PIM were more than three times as likely to have a mental disorder as those (odds ratio 3.16, 95% confidence interval: 3.06–3.28) with non-chronic diseases. The most prescribed PIM agents were central nervous system drugs (53.16%), and benzodiazepines (35.15%). Patients with mental disorders had the highest rate of long-term persistent PIM exposure, with benzodiazepines being the most frequently dispensed. Drug safety concerns should be closely monitored in elderly patients with the abovementioned conditions. MDPI 2019-06-20 2019-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6616857/ /pubmed/31226874 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122189 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wang, Tzu-Chueh Ku, Pou-Jen Lu, Hai-Lin Hsu, Kung-Chuan Trezise, Damien Wang, Hue-Yu Association between Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use and Chronic Diseases in the Elderly |
title | Association between Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use and Chronic Diseases in the Elderly |
title_full | Association between Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use and Chronic Diseases in the Elderly |
title_fullStr | Association between Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use and Chronic Diseases in the Elderly |
title_full_unstemmed | Association between Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use and Chronic Diseases in the Elderly |
title_short | Association between Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use and Chronic Diseases in the Elderly |
title_sort | association between potentially inappropriate medication use and chronic diseases in the elderly |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6616857/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31226874 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16122189 |
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