Use of potentially inappropriate medications among ambulatory home-dwelling elderly patients with dementia: A review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults with dementia are at high risk for drug-related adverse outcomes. While much is known about potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults, its prevalence and characteristics among those with dementia are not as well elucidated. We conducted a literature review to examine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication use among home-dwelling older adults with dementia. Our secondary aim was to determine the most frequently implicated medications and factors associated with potentially inappropriate medication use.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts were searched between 1946 and 2014 for articles that referenced potentially inappropriate medication use and types of dementia. One reviewer scree

SUBMITTER: Patel T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5415067 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature