Potentially Inappropriate Medication in Community-Dwelling Primary Care Patients who were Screened Positive for Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) in older people is a risk factor for adverse drug effects. This risk is even higher in older people with dementia (PWD).

Objective

Our study aimed to determine (1) the prevalence of PIM among primary care patients who were screened positive for dementia and (2) the sociodemographic and clinical variables associated with the use of PIM.

Methods

DelpHi-MV (Dementia: life- and person-centered help in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) is a general practitioner-based, cluster-randomized, controlled intervention study to implement and evaluate an innovative concept of collaborative dementia care management in Germany. The comprehensive baseline assessment includes a home medication review. The present analyses are based on

SUBMITTER: Wucherer D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5147617 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature