Potentially inappropriate drug use among hospitalised older adults: results from the CRIME study

• Published in: Age and ageing Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 767 - 773
• Main Authors: Tosato, M., Landi, F., Martone, A. M., Cherubini, A., Corsonello, A., Volpato, S., Bernabei, R., Onder, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.11.2014; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Analysis; Correlation analysis; Disability Evaluation; Drug Prescriptions; Drug use; Drug Utilization Review; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - diagnosis; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - etiology; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions - prevention & control; Drugs; Female; Geriatric Assessment; Health screening; Health Status; Hospital care; Hospitalization; Humans; Inappropriate Prescribing - prevention & control; Inappropriate Prescribing - statistics & numerical data; Inpatients - statistics & numerical data; Italy; Logistic Models; Male; Medical screening; Odds Ratio; Older people; Pharmacy Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Prescribing; Prescriptions (Drugs); Prospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Italy; in-hospital; older adults; adverse drug reactions; older people; disability; inappropriate drug use

Beers criteria and screening tool of older person's prescriptions (STOPP) criteria are widely used to assess potentially inappropriate drug use (PIDU). the aims of the present study are (i) to assess the prevalence of PIDU based on 2012 Beers criteria and STOPP criteria and (ii) to determine th...