Autor segons l'article: Pérez-Jover V; Mira J; Carratala-Munuera C; Gil-Guillen V; Basora J; López-Pineda A; Orozco-Beltrán D
Departament: Medicina i Cirurgia
Autor/s de la URV: Basora Gallisa, Josep
Paraules clau: Primary care Polypharmacy Physicians Patient safety Patient medication knowledge Medication errors Chronic disease polypharmacy physicians patient safety patient medication knowledge medication errors chronic disease
Resum: © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The growth of the aging population leads to the increase of chronic diseases, of the burden of multimorbility, and of the complexity polypharmacy. The prevalence of medication errors rises in patients with polypharmacy in primary care, and this is a major concern to healthcare systems. This study reviews the published literature on the inappropriate use of medicines in order to articulate recommendations on how to reduce it in chronic patients, particularly in those who are elderly, polymedicated, or multipathological. A systematic review of articles published from January 2000 to October 2015 was performed using MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsychInfo, Scopus, The Cochrane Library, and Index Medicus databases. We selected 80 studies in order to analyse the content that addressed the question under consideration. Our literature review found that half of patients know what their prescribed treatment is; that most of elderly people take five or more medications a day; that in elderly, polymedicated people, the probability of a medication error occurring is higher; that new tools have been recently developed to reduce errors; that elderly patients can understand written information but the presentation and format is an important factor; and that a high percentage of patients have remaining doubts after their visit. Thus, strategies based on the evidence should be applied in order to reduce medication errors.
Àrees temàtiques: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Serviço social Saúde coletiva Química Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Psicología Pollution Odontología Nutrição Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Health, toxicology and mutagenesis Geografía Geociências Farmacia Environmental studies Environmental sciences Ensino Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Educação Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 16604601
Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: josep.basora@urv.cat josep.basora@urv.cat
Data d'alta del registre: 2023-07-31
Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enllaç font original: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/2/310
Referència a l'article segons font original: International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health. 15 (2):
Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Pérez-Jover V; Mira J; Carratala-Munuera C; Gil-Guillen V; Basora J; López-Pineda A; Orozco-Beltrán D (2018). Inappropriate use of medication by elderly, polymedicated, or multipathological patients with chronic diseases. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 15(2), -. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15020310
URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
DOI de l'article: 10.3390/ijerph15020310
Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Any de publicació de la revista: 2018
Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications