Longitudinal prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines and potential prescribing omissions in a cohort of community-dwelling older people
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Moriarty, F., Bennett, K., Fahey, T., Kenny, R.A., Cahir, C., Longitudinal prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines and potential prescribing omissions in a cohort of community-dwelling older people, European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 71, 4, 2015, 473-482Download Item:
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Abstract:
Purpose
This study aims to compare the prevalence of poten-
tially inappropriate medicines (PIMs) and potential prescrib-
ing omissions (PPOs) using several screening tools in an Irish
community-dwelling older cohort, to assess if the prevalence
changes over time and to determine factors associated with
any change.
Methods
This is a prospective cohort study of participants
aged
≥
65 years in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
(TILDA) with linked pharmacy claims data (
n
=2051). PIM
and PPO prevalence was measured in the year preceding par-
ticipants
’
TILDA baseline interviews and in theyear preceding
their follow-up interviews using the Screening Tool for Older
Persons
’
Prescriptions (STOPP), Beers criteria (2012),
Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE) indicators
and the Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment
(START). Generalised estimating equations were used to de-
termine factors associated with change in prevalence overtime
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STOPP . START . Beers criteria . ACOVE indicators . Cohort . Potentially inappropriate prescribingDOI:
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