Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in a subpopulation of older European clinical trial participants: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate and compare the prevalence and type of potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) and potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) among community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) enrolled to a clinical trial in three European countries.

Design

A secondary analysis of the Thyroid Hormone Replacement for Subclinical Hypothyroidism Trial dataset.

Participants

A subset of 48/80 PIP and 22/34 PPOs indicators from the Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions/Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment (STOPP/START) V2 criteria were applied to prescribed medication data for 532/737 trial participants in Ireland, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

Results

The overall prevalence of PIP was lower in the Irish participants (8.7%) compared wit

SUBMITTER: O Riordan D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875647 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature