A systematic review of medication exposure assessment in prospective cohort studies of community dwelling older australians.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

It is not known to what extent medication use has been comprehensively assessed in prospective cohort studies of older Australians. Understanding the varying methods to assess medication use is necessary to establish comparability and to understand the opportunities for pharmacoepidemiological analysis. The objective of this review was to compare and contrast how medication-related data have been collected in prospective cohorts of community-dwelling older Australians.

Methods

MEDLINE and EMBASE (1990-2014) were systematically searched to identify prospective cohorts of ≥1000 older participants that commenced recruitment after 1990. The data collection tools used to assess medication use in each cohort were independently examined by two investigators using a str

SUBMITTER: Poole SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4409061 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature