Mental health during the COVID-19 crisis in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

J Chen, N Farah, RK Dong, RZ Chen, W Xu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
We aim to provide a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence rates of mental
health symptoms among major African populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We …

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 …

Potentially inappropriate medication including drug-drug interaction and the risk of frequent falling, hospital admission, and death in older adults-results of a large …

T Reinhild Haerig, D Krause… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: With growing age, multiple chronic diseases may result in polypharmacy. Drugs
that should be avoided in older adults are called potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) …

Polypharmacy and deprescribing in older adults

W Thompson, EG McDonald - Annual Review of Medicine, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Older adults commonly end up on many medications. Deprescribing is an important part of
individualizing care for older adults. It is an opportunity to discuss treatment options and …

Optimising prescribing in older adults with multimorbidity and polypharmacy in primary care (OPTICA): cluster randomised clinical trial

KT Jungo, AK Ansorg, C Floriani, Z Rozsnyai… - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
Objective To study the effects of a primary care medication review intervention centred
around an electronic clinical decision support system (eCDSS) on appropriateness of …

Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in older adults in Central and Eastern Europe: a systematic review and synthesis without meta-analysis

J Brkic, D Fialova, B Okuyan, I Kummer, S Sesto… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
We aimed to systematically review the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing
(PIP) in older adults in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in all care settings. We searched …

Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions according to the new STOPP/START criteria in nursing homes: a systematic review

I Díaz Planelles, E Navarro-Tapia, Ó García-Algar… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The demand for long-term care is expected to increase due to the rising life expectancy and
the increased prevalence of long-term illnesses. Nursing home residents are at an …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence and risk factors of potentially inappropriate medication use in older Chinese inpatients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: a cross …

F Tian, S Liao, Z Chen, T Xu - Annals of translational medicine, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are common problems among the older
population globally. They not only reduce the quality of life of older adults but also increase …

Multidisciplinary medication review during older patient hospitalization according to STOPP/START criteria reduces potentially inappropriate prescriptions: MoPIM …

S Ortonobes, S Herranz, M Lleal, D Sevilla-Sánchez… - BMC geriatrics, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Multimorbidity and polypharmacy in older adults converts the detection and
adequacy of potentially inappropriate drug prescriptions (PIDP) in a healthcare priority. The …

Association between potentially inappropriate medications prescription and health‐related quality of life among US older adults

CM Clark, J Guan, AR Patel, J Stoll… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are associated with worse
health outcomes among older adults. Our objective was to examine the association between …