Polypharmacy and potential inappropriate drug use in the elderly admitted to the general internal medicine outpatient clinic

Authors : Celaleddin DEMİRCAN, Ulviyya HASANZADE

Pages : 46-48

Doi:10.46310/tjim.879724

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Publication Date : 2021-03-07

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :In this study, we aimed to investigate the rates of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate drug insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PID); use in elderly patients who admitted to General Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic. In this prospective cross-sectional study, the frequency of chronic diseases, the number of drugs used and polypharmacy rates of elderly patients were determined. Then, PIDs rates were investigated according to the 2015 Beers criteria. 304 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(58,9% female, 41,1% male); patients were included in the study. 95,8% had at least one concomitant chronic disease, the mean number of drugs used by the patients per day was 4,9 ± 3,3 and the rate of polypharmacy was 52,9%. A total of 124 PIDs were determined in 104 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(34,2%); patients, and this rate was higher in patients with polypharmacy insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p < 0,05);. The most common PIDs; the use of drugs that should be avoided in the elderly insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Table 2-related PIDs; 28,3%);, and the most common of these was the inappropriate use of proton pump inhibitors insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PPIs);.
Keywords : polypharmacy, potential inappropriate drug, elderly

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