Potentially inappropriate medication use in Indian elderly: Comparison of Beers' criteria and Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate Prescriptions

• Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 506 - 514
• Main Authors: Nagendra Vishwas, Hunsur, Harugeri, Anand, Parthasarathi, Gurumurthy, Ramesh, Madhan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.07.2012; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Beers' criteria; Chi-Square Distribution; Drug use; elderly; Female; Geriatric Assessment - methods; Humans; Inappropriate Prescribing - statistics & numerical data; India; Logistic Models; Male; Mass Screening - instrumentation; Medical screening; Medication Errors - prevention & control; Medication Errors - statistics & numerical data; Middle Aged; Older people; potentially inappropriate medications; Prevalence; Prospective Studies; Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate Prescriptions; Statistics, Nonparametric; India

Aim:  To compare Beers' criteria (BC) and Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate Prescriptions (STOPP) for prevalence, specificity, sensitivity and predictors for potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use. Methods:  Patients aged ≥60 years from medicine wards of a...