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Medication use problems among older adults at a primary care: A narrative of literature review
Author(s) -
Christopher Christina,
KC Bhuvan,
Shrestha Sunil,
Blebil Ali Qais,
Alex Deepa,
Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Izham,
Ismail Norhasimah
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
aging medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2475-0360
DOI - 10.1002/agm2.12203
Subject(s) - polypharmacy , deprescribing , medicine , psychological intervention , medline , narrative review , beers criteria , health care , population , family medicine , primary care , psychiatry , intensive care medicine , environmental health , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Appropriate medication use is one of the most significant challenges among the older population. Although medication use problems are well documented at the secondary and tertiary health care level, the evidence at the primary care level of OECD region is limited. A narrative review of existing literature was conducted through a nonsystematic search for original articles through electronic search databases, Ovid Medline, Google Scholar from 2001 to 2021, and a combination of citation references. Medication use problems are prevalent in older adults at the primary care level. The main issues of medication use identified were as follows; nonadherence, adverse drug events, accessibility, polypharmacy, inappropriate medications, belief about medications, lack of knowledge and awareness, and lack of deprescribing. In addition, the current review has identified the possibilities of the problems: many medications, forgetfulness, lack of deprescribing, lack of communication, poor understanding, and limited awareness of inappropriate medications. This review found that various medication use problems subclusters were identified to impact the health care need among older adults. Therefore, effective interventions targeting these issues need to be developed to reduce medication use problems among older adults at a primary care level.

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