OBJECTIVE Inappropriate prescribing in elderly is considered as common (40% of subjects from community from the 3CStudy in France had a inappropriate prescription, using Beer's criteria), and can lead to severe issues. Few studies have assessed inappropriate prescribing for elderly inpatients in acute care, with multiple tools. Our study was designed to assess outcome prescriptions concordance ...

BACKGROUND The inappropriate use of psychotropic medication is widespread and has potential consequences for the autonomy of elderly people. This study explored physicians' perceptions and attitudes and the decision-making process associated with prescribing psychotropic medications for elderly patients. METHODS In this qualitative study conducted between February and April 1996, 9 of 12 phys...

High levels of injection prescribing were reported in Mongolia. Understanding the factors influencing the injection prescribing is essential to reduce their inappropriate use. The study evaluated the views, experiences and attitudes of community members associated with the prescribing of injections in Mongolia. A structured questionnaire focusing on respondents' characteristics, experiences and...

The misuse of opioid containing pharmaceuticals is of growing global concern. It is driven by a host of factors, including marketing strategies, inappropriate prescribing, public perceptions of safety, access to other illicit sources, self-medication of pain and recreational popularity. [1-6]Opioid use is commonly associated with lower educational attainment, unemployment, disability, comorbidi...

Inappropriate prescribing is the failure to provide the quality of care related to medication use that should be achieved in practice, and encompasses overprescribing, misprescribing, and under prescribing [1]. Inappropriate medicine use has been defined as that which poses greater risk of harms than benefits, especially when safer alternatives exist [2]. Elderly patients, in particular, are su...

Aging is significantly associated with the development of comorbid chronic conditions. These conditions indicate the use of multiple medications, and are often warranted by clinical guidelines. The aim of the present study was to evaluate medication appropriateness and frailty among Malaysian aged care home residents with chronic disease. The participants were 202 elderly (≥65 years) individual...

Ghasemi SF¹, Valizadeh F¹, Moemen Nasab M2 1. Instructor, Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 2. Instructor, Department of Internal and Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences Abstract Background: Medication errors are the most common avoidable causes of iatrogenic inju...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study is to identify and compare the nature of the drug-related problems (DRPs) associated with self-medication and non-self-medication (drug use guided by a prescription). MATERIALS AND METHODS The cross-sectional, observational study was conducted on 1100 adult participants at a convenience sample of six retail private pharmacy counters. The data collection ...

BACKGROUND Frail residents in the nursing home sector call for extra care in prescribing. The Norwegian General Practice Nursing Home (NORGEP-NH) list of 34 explicit criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in nursing homes was developed explicitly for this population. The aim of this study was to employ the NORGEP-NH Criteria to study the extent of potentially inappropriate medica...