15Nov 2017

Evaluating Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly Population at KAUH, Jeddah, KSA.

  • Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, KSA.
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Background: Previous studies utilized old explicit criteria to identify potentially inappropriate medications in the elderly, which undermines prevalence of these medications and their consequences. Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications among geriatric patients at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital in Jeddah using the latest Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescription criteria and Screening Tool to Alert to Right Treatment version 2. We, however, will be using only the Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescription criteria to assess potentially inappropriate medications as this is the aim of our study. Design: Questionnaire based, cross-sectional study on geriatric patients. Setting: King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, outpatient department, the year 2016-2017. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study performed on geriatric patients (aged 65 and above) at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Jeddah, 2016-2017. 300 patients with chronic disease were selected and their medications reviewed. Patients were randomly selected from the outpatient clinic and the pertinent data was obtained using a questionnaire. Results: Physicians should be meticulous when prescribing medications to the elderly by using explicit criteria?s such as Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescription, as the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications were found to be (41%). The remaining (59%) of the patients had no issues. Limitations: Recall bias by some of the patients.

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[Sami M. Bahlas, Nedaa W. Anshasi, Saad H. Alqurashi, Abdullah A. Elhosiny, Eman K. Kamal and Ranim A. Andijani. (2017); Evaluating Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly Population at KAUH, Jeddah, KSA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Nov). 540-545] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Neda’a Wasim Anshasi
KAUH

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5799      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5799

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