Polypharmacy in people with dementia: Associations with adverse health outcomes

• Published in: Experimental gerontology Vol. 106; pp. 240 - 245
• Main Authors: Mueller, Christoph, Molokhia, Mariam, Perera, Gayan, Veronese, Nicola, Stubbs, Brendon, Shetty, Hitesh, Codling, David, Huntley, Jonathan, Stewart, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Databases, Factual; Dementia; Dementia - drug therapy; Dementia - mortality; Emergency department; Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Female; Hospitalisation; Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data; Humans; London - epidemiology; Male; Mortality; Multivariate Analysis; Pharmacoepidemiology; Polypharmacy; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Survival Analysis; London; Pharmacoepidemiology; Emergency department; Polypharmacy; Mortality; Dementia; Hospitalisation

Polypharmacy has been linked to higher risks of hospitalisation and death in community samples. It is commonly present in people with dementia but these risks have rarely been studied in this population. We aimed to investigate associations between polypharmacy and emergency department attendance, a...