Optimising prescribing practices in older adults with multimorbidity: a scoping review of guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Inappropriate polypharmacy occurs when multiple medications are prescribed without clear indications or where harms outweigh their benefits. The aims of this scoping review are to (1) identify prescribing guidelines that are available for older adults with multimorbidity and (2) to identify cross-cutting themes used in these guidelines.

Design

Scoping review.

Data sources

PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library databases, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, grey literature sources, six key geriatrics journals, and reference lists of identified review papers. The search was conducted in November 2018 and updated in September 2019.

Study selection

General prescribing guidelines tailored to or for adults including older

SUBMITTER: Lun P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671917 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature