FREQUENCY OF POLYPHARMACY AND USE OF POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATIONS IN THE ELDERLY

Ozturk G. Z., Ardic C., Toprak D.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.20, sa.4, ss.296-305, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.296-305
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Aging, Inappropriate prescriptions, Polypharmacy, Drug therapy, Drug prescription, Chronic disease, EU(7)-PIM LIST, UNITED-STATES, DRUG-USE, PRESCRIPTION, PATTERNS, BEERS, RISK
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Increased rates of increase in the elderly population, chronic illnesses and drugs usage are inevitable, making polypharmacy more frequent in older adults. Our study aimed to investigate the frequency of polypharmacy in the elderly and to examine their medication use.