Insomnia in elderly patients: recommendations for pharmacological management

VC Abad, C Guilleminault - Drugs & aging, 2018 - Springer
Chronic insomnia affects 57% of the elderly in the United States, with impairment of quality
of life, function, and health. Chronic insomnia burdens society with billions of dollars in direct …

Prevalence of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications use in elderly Chinese patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Tian, Z Chen, J Wu - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use among elderly
Chinese patients have not yet been investigated by systematic review and meta-analysis …

Polypharmacy, hospitalization, and mortality risk: a nationwide cohort study

TI Chang, H Park, DW Kim, EK Jeon, CM Rhee… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Polypharmacy is a growing and major public health issue, particularly in the geriatric
population. This study aimed to examine the association between polypharmacy and the risk …

[HTML][HTML] Potentially inappropriate medications prescribing according to Beers criteria among elderly outpatients in Jordan: a cross sectional study

A Al-Azayzih, R Alamoori… - Pharmacy Practice …, 2019 - SciELO Espana
Resumen AL-AZAYZIH, Ahmad; ALAMOORI, Rawan y ALTAWALBEH, Shoroq M. Potentially
inappropriate medications prescribing according to Beers criteria among elderly outpatients …

Aging and the prevalence of polypharmacy and hyper-polypharmacy among older adults in South Korea: a national retrospective study during 2010–2019

HJ Cho, J Chae, SH Yoon, DS Kim - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background: Polypharmacy has become a global health problem and is associated with
adverse health outcomes in the elderly. This study evaluated the prevalence of …

Polypharmacy, inappropriate medication use, and drug interactions in older Korean patients with cancer receiving first‐line palliative chemotherapy

S Hong, JH Lee, EK Chun, KI Kim, JW Kim… - The …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Polypharmacy is an important issue in the care of older patients with cancer, as
it increases the risk of unfavorable outcomes. We estimated the prevalence of …

Potentially inappropriate medications in Chinese older outpatients in tertiary hospitals according to Beers criteria: a cross‐sectional study

F Tian, H Li, Z Chen, T Xu - International Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Multimorbidity and polypharmacy in older adults always increase the prevalence
of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and affect the quality of life of older adults …

[HTML][HTML] Potentially inappropriate medication use in patients with dementia

K Yoon, JT Kim, WG Kwack, D Kim, KT Lee… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to characterize the epidemiology of using potentially
inappropriate medications associated with dementia exacerbation (DPIMs) in elderly …

Potentially inappropriate medications according to STOPP-J criteria and risks of hospitalization and mortality in elderly patients receiving home-based medical …

CH Huang, H Umegaki, Y Watanabe, H Kamitani… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Although potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) have been linked to poor
health outcomes, country-specific PIM criteria have not been compared. Thus, we compared …