A set of systematic reviews to help reduce inappropriate prescribing to older people: study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity and polypharmacy are common in older people. Assessment tools or lists of criteria aimed at supporting prescription decisions for older people exist, but have often been based on expert opinion with insufficient consideration of the evidence available. The present paper describes the methods we are using to systematically review the existing evidence on the efficacy and safety of the most commonly prescribed drugs for older people in the management of their chronic medical conditions and to develop recommendations to reduce inappropriate prescriptions for incorporation into the Comprehensive Medication Review (CMR) tool developed by the PRIMA-eDS European project.

Methods

We selected the 20 most relevant drugs/drug classes in terms of prescription v

SUBMITTER: Martinez YV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5647557 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature