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Inappropriate Medications Use Among Elderly Patients in Babylon Province

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Inadequate or inappropriate medication treatment is a major risk factor for medication-related diseases. Determining the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescription and drug-disease interactions in hospitalized patients is an important step to resolving these problems. Methods: A sample of 500 geriatric patients hospitalized between June 2021 and December 2021 were included in the study. Medication prescribed before (usual medication), during, and at hospital discharge was considered. Results: The prevalence of prescription of at least one inappropriate drug on hospital admission, during hospitalization, and at discharge was 9.8 %, 3.6%, and 2.4 % respectively. The drugs most frequently implicated in hospital admission were diazepam, digoxin, iron products, chlorpheniramine, and amitriptyline. The significant adverse drug-disease interaction on hospital admission, during hospitalization, and at discharge was 13.0%, 3.2%, and 3.4%, respectively. The variables number of drugs at admission and the number of diseases and the pain item of the COOP/WONCA score were statistically significant. Conclusions: The study reveals the existence of potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions or potentially adverse drug-disease interaction in hospitalized patients in our environment. Polypharmacy, polypathology, and the presence of chronic pain were associated with potentially inappropriate prescriptions.  

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10.21608/ejhm.2023.284327

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Drugs, adverse effects, medication prescription

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Aymen A.

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Bash

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Esaim Fadhel

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Khalfa

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Qasim Jawad

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Al- Daami

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90

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1

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38787

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2023-01-01

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2023-02-06

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2023-01-01

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Inappropriate Medications Use Among Elderly Patients in Babylon Province

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24 Dec 2024