The association between medication use and health-related quality of life in multimorbid older patients with polypharmacy
Several medication use-related factors are significantly associated with a lower HRQoL in hospitalised older patients. Medication complexity is a novel factor, which should be considered when evaluating medication use of older patients with hyperpolypharmacy.
Authors
- Marcel L. Bouvy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4596-0684)
- Kevin D. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-4060)
- Toine C. G. Egberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1758-7779)
- Benoît Boland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5857-3085)
- Denis O’Mahony (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-5222)
- Nicolas Rodondi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9083-6896)
- Fatma Karapinar‐Çarkit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3077-9663)
- Paola Salari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3757-6081)
- Wilma Knol
- Mariëlle Emmelot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8719-8432)
- Matthias Schwenkglenks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7217-1173)
- Moa Lina Haller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2380-349X)
- Svetlana V. Belitser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1752-9149)
- Charlotte Falke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6137-0873)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (BE)
- University of Basel (CH)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- University College Cork (IE)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Cork University Hospital (IE)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- Maastricht University (NL)
- Joint Research Centre (IT)
- Pharmo Institute (NL)
- UCLouvain (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Geriatric Medicine
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-024-01036-4
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.10
Funders
- European Commission
- Universiteit Utrecht
- Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation