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Comparative analysis of potentially inappropriate medication use in long-term care facility residents and community-dwelling elders: A matched cohort study
As the population of the elderly in long-term care facilities has grown, the number of users of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) is also increasing. With this study, we aimed to investigate the pattern of PIM usage and related factors among the elderly receiving long-term care services. Us...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9750672/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36626501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031739 |
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author | Lee, Yumin Jang, Suhyun Kang, Hee-Jin Jang, Sunmee |
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description | As the population of the elderly in long-term care facilities has grown, the number of users of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) is also increasing. With this study, we aimed to investigate the pattern of PIM usage and related factors among the elderly receiving long-term care services. Using the South Korean National Health Insurance Service Elderly Cohort Database, we conducted a retrospective matched cohort study. Elderly residents (n = 1980) in long-term care facilities in 2013 were selected and matched 1:1 with elderly persons living in the community applying propensity score method. The matching variables were sex, age, health insurance type, long-term care grade, Charlson’s Comorbidity Index score, presence of dementia, cerebrovascular disease, or Parkinson’s disease, and number of drugs prescribed. PIM use was assessed according to Beers criteria 2019. The prevalence of PIM was found to be higher among the elderly in long-term care facilities (86.77%) than among community-dwelling individuals (75.35%). Logistic regression showed that long-term care facility residents were 1.84 odds more likely to use PIM than community-dwelling older adults. We also confirmed that the average number of medications taken per day and the number of outpatient visits were the major influencing factors affecting PIM prescriptions. In addition, elders living in long-term care facilities were prescribed more PIM drugs acting on the central nervous system than community-dwelling older adults. The results of this study show that among those receiving long-term care services, older people in long-term care facilities use PIM more than do the elderly living at home. Medication management programs need to be developed to reduce the use of PIM in long-term care facilities. |
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spelling | pubmed-97506722022-12-28 Comparative analysis of potentially inappropriate medication use in long-term care facility residents and community-dwelling elders: A matched cohort study Lee, Yumin Jang, Suhyun Kang, Hee-Jin Jang, Sunmee Medicine (Baltimore) 6600 As the population of the elderly in long-term care facilities has grown, the number of users of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) is also increasing. With this study, we aimed to investigate the pattern of PIM usage and related factors among the elderly receiving long-term care services. Using the South Korean National Health Insurance Service Elderly Cohort Database, we conducted a retrospective matched cohort study. Elderly residents (n = 1980) in long-term care facilities in 2013 were selected and matched 1:1 with elderly persons living in the community applying propensity score method. The matching variables were sex, age, health insurance type, long-term care grade, Charlson’s Comorbidity Index score, presence of dementia, cerebrovascular disease, or Parkinson’s disease, and number of drugs prescribed. PIM use was assessed according to Beers criteria 2019. The prevalence of PIM was found to be higher among the elderly in long-term care facilities (86.77%) than among community-dwelling individuals (75.35%). Logistic regression showed that long-term care facility residents were 1.84 odds more likely to use PIM than community-dwelling older adults. We also confirmed that the average number of medications taken per day and the number of outpatient visits were the major influencing factors affecting PIM prescriptions. In addition, elders living in long-term care facilities were prescribed more PIM drugs acting on the central nervous system than community-dwelling older adults. The results of this study show that among those receiving long-term care services, older people in long-term care facilities use PIM more than do the elderly living at home. Medication management programs need to be developed to reduce the use of PIM in long-term care facilities. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9750672/ /pubmed/36626501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031739 Text en Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | 6600 Lee, Yumin Jang, Suhyun Kang, Hee-Jin Jang, Sunmee Comparative analysis of potentially inappropriate medication use in long-term care facility residents and community-dwelling elders: A matched cohort study |
title | Comparative analysis of potentially inappropriate medication use in long-term care facility residents and community-dwelling elders: A matched cohort study |
title_full | Comparative analysis of potentially inappropriate medication use in long-term care facility residents and community-dwelling elders: A matched cohort study |
title_fullStr | Comparative analysis of potentially inappropriate medication use in long-term care facility residents and community-dwelling elders: A matched cohort study |
title_full_unstemmed | Comparative analysis of potentially inappropriate medication use in long-term care facility residents and community-dwelling elders: A matched cohort study |
title_short | Comparative analysis of potentially inappropriate medication use in long-term care facility residents and community-dwelling elders: A matched cohort study |
title_sort | comparative analysis of potentially inappropriate medication use in long-term care facility residents and community-dwelling elders: a matched cohort study |
topic | 6600 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9750672/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36626501 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031739 |
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