Compares medication classes with functional status and quality of life in seniors, indicating implications for appropriate prescribing.
We compared classes of medication and inappropriately prescribed medications (IPDs) (potentially not indicated for seniors) to functional status and quality of life (QOL) in 1,099 seniors. We used data from the Physical Health Measure of the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) instrument, Functional Independence Measure (FIM), Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) of the OARS, two QOL questions, and Beer’s criteria for IPDs. Multivariate analyses show
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