What is known and Objective Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) has significant
clinical, humanistic and economic impacts. Identifying PIP in older adults may reduce their …

Self-medication is defined as the selection and use of medicines by individuals (or a
member of the individuals' family) to treat self-recognized or self-diagnosed conditions or …

Background Certain drugs are classified as potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) for
the elderly because they carry an increased risk of adverse drug events in this patient group …

Background Medication toxic effects and drug-related problems can have profound medical
and safety consequences for older adults and economically affect the health care system …

Prescription of medicines is a fundamental component of the care of elderly people, and
optimisation of drug prescribing for this group of patients has become an important public …

Background Adverse effects of anticholinergic medications may contribute to events such as
falls, delirium, and cognitive impairment in older patients. To further assess this risk, we …

Background Criteria to assess the appropriateness of prescriptions might serve as a helpful
guideline during professional training and in daily practice, with the aim to improve a …

ContextCriteria for potentially inappropriate medication use among elderly patients have
been used in the past decade in large US epidemiological surveys to identify populations at …

Potentially inappropriate prescribing for older adults is a major public health concern. While
there are multiple measures of potentially inappropriate prescribing, the medication …

Background: Adverse drug outcomes in the elderly have led to the development of lists of
potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs), such as the Beers criteria, and these PIMs …