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<p>Medication Evaluation in Portuguese Elderly Patients According to Beers, STOPP/START Criteria and EU(7)-PIM List – An Exploratory Study</p>
Author(s) -
Cristina Monteiro,
Catarina Canário,
Manuel Ângelo Ribeiro,
Ana Paula Duarte,
Gilberto Alves
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s247013
Subject(s) - medicine , beers criteria , medical prescription , elderly people , incidence (geometry) , family medicine , gerontology , pharmacology , physics , optics
The increase in drug prescription for the elderly raises the risk of the occurrence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), thus increasing the incidence of drug-related problems. Likewise, potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) are also highly prevalent in the elderly. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of PIMs in the elderly by using the EU(7)-PIM list, STOPP criteria version 2 and the Beers criteria version 2015, as well as the prevalence of PPOs by applying the START criteria version 2 in elderly nursing home residents and outpatients of the Eastern Central Region of Portugal.

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