Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications and prescription dynamics in elderly hospitalized patients in Spain
In this population of older hospitalized patients, the overall prevalence of PIMs was moderate. However, the prevalence rate at the participating hospitals was highly variable. In most cases, PIMs prescribed prior to hospitalization for chronic conditions were not withdrawn during the hospital stay. No significant increase in PIMs was observed from pre-admission to post-discharge. These findings underscore the need for multidisciplinary interventions to optimize the pharmaceutical treatment in older adults in the hospital setting to reduce the consequences of PIMs in patients.
Authors
- Marta Gutiérrez‐Valencia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3229-6614)
- Patricia Marrero Álvarez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4875-1431)
- Ignacio Fernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5649-5418)
- Leire Leache (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2272-7086)
- Cristian González‐Guerrero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9697-5627)
- Noé Garín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1559-9453)
- Enric Carreras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3134-9964)
- José Luis Revuelta-Herrero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-8928)
- Laura Losa
- Francisco Augusto Burkert Del Pino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5142-5215)
- Ainoha Vilariño
- A. Aranguren
- Nicolás M. González-Senac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5599-547X)
- Jorge Bilbao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7738-0740)
- Teresa Puig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1402-7653)
- Μ. de Miguel
- Virginia Esperanza Fernandez Ruiz
- A Aguirrezábal Arredondo
Institutions
- Hospital de Sant Pau (ES)
- Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (ES)
- BioCruces Health research Institute (ES)
- Hospital de Basurto (ES)
- Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa (ES)
- Navarre Institute of Health Research (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (ES)
- Osakidetza (ES)
- Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari (ES)
- Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu (ES)
- Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi (ES)
- Hospital de Cruces (ES)
- Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea (ES)
- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol (ES)
- Hospital Universitario San Rafael (ES)
- Universitat Ramon Llull (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05308-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.69