Author, as appears in the article.: Pérez-Jover V; Mira J; Carratala-Munuera C; Gil-Guillen V; Basora J; López-Pineda A; Orozco-Beltrán D
Department: Medicina i Cirurgia
URV's Author/s: Basora Gallisa, Josep
Keywords: Primary care Polypharmacy Physicians Patient safety Patient medication knowledge Medication errors Chronic disease polypharmacy physicians patient safety patient medication knowledge medication errors chronic disease
Abstract: © 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.
Thematic Areas: 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
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 16604601
Author's mail: josep.basora@urv.cat josep.basora@urv.cat
Record's date: 2023-07-31
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/2/310
Papper original source: International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health. 15 (2):
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
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15020310
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2018
Publication Type: Journal Publications