Open AccessPrevalence and Predictors of Potentially Inappropriate Medications Among Patients Aged ≥65 Years on Hospital Admissions in Kuwait
Author(s) -
Hesah Alshammari,
Eman Al-Saeed,
Zamzam Ahmed,
Zoe Aslanpour
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s328693
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , medline , pediatrics , political science , law
Potentially inappropriate medications are major health concerns for patients aged ≥65 years. To investigate the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications, Beer's criteria can be used. We estimated the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications prescription among patients aged ≥65 years admitted to Kuwait's largest hospital and identified the predictors of prescribing a potentially inappropriate medication.