Analysis of medication prescriptions for the elderly assisted at a geriatrics outpatient clinic
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https://doi.org/10.17267/2317-3378rec.2023e5162Keywords:
Aging, Polypharmacy, Potentially Inappropriate Medications, BeersAbstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the medication prescriptions of the elderly who are assisted in a geriatric outpatient clinic based on the Brazilian Consensus of Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM) for the Elderly. METHODOLOGY: This is a descriptive research with retrospective analysis of the electronic medical records of patients aged equal to or older than 60 years old, who attended the geriatric outpatient clinic of a hospital in Bahia from January to June 2018. The research includes 291 medical records and documentation of the medications that the elderly people already used at home and the prescription in force after the consultation records were collected. RESULTS: The median age was 73 years old. It was identified that before the consultation, 89 elderly people (30.6%) used inappropriate medications. After the consultation with a geriatrician, 110 elderly people (37.6%) began to use them, with no statistical difference. The median number of medications after the outpatient consultation was higher than before the consultation, with statistical significance (p<0.001). It was found that of the elderly who did not use polypharmacy, 20.4% began to use it after the consultation. CONCLUSION: Even after consultation with the geriatrician, there are still inadequacies in the prescriptions, with a relevant number of elderly people using five or more medications and using PIM.
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