Potentially inappropriate medication as a predictor of poor prognosis of COVID-19 in older adults: a South Korean nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the association between exposure to potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) and poor prognosis of COVID-19 in older adults, controlling for comorbidity and sociodemographic factors.

Design and setting

Nationwide retrospective cohort study based on the national registry of COVID-19 patients, established through the linkage of South Korea's national insurance claims database with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency registry of patients with COVID-19, up to 31 July 2020.

Participants

A total of 2217 COVID-19 patients over 60 years of age who tested positive between 20 January 2022 and 4 June 2020. Exposure to PIM was defined based on any prescription record of PIM during the 30 days prior to the date of testing positive for COVID-

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11256064 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature