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- Title
Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
- Authors
Shade, Marcia Y.; Berger, Ann M.; Chaperon, Claudia
- Abstract
Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use is a significant worldwide public health problem. Community-dwelling older adults are susceptible to the negative outcomes associated with the use of PIMs. A database search (January 1991 -June 2013) produced 19 prospective correlational and 10 intervention studies. The current state of the science reveals that conceptual clarity is lacking regarding the use of PIMs. The prevalence of PIM use is well documented in an abundance of descriptive studies. However, researchers have not examined an intervention's effects on health outcomes in community-dwelling older adults. Although independent older adults can acquire PIMs outside of a provider, current interventions aim to change the behavior of the prescribing physician and pharmacist. Nurses need to collaborate with other disciplines in PIM use research. Priority needs are to design interventions that reduce the use of PIMs and negative health outcomes.
- Subjects
CINAHL database; EVALUATION of medical care; MEDLINE; SYSTEMATIC reviews; INDEPENDENT living; INAPPROPRIATE prescribing (Medicine)
- Publication
Research in Gerontological Nursing, 2014, Vol 7, Issue 4, p178
- ISSN
1940-4921
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3928/19404921-20140210-01