Key result
Beers 2019 criteria align with 2015 criteria, identifying potentially inappropriate medications in ~55% of admissions.
Why the study?
Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older adults pose an important public health problem, prompting investigation of PIM prevalence at admission and discharge using Beers 2019 versus 2015 criteria and their correlates in China.
What is the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications at admission and discharge in older adults according to the Beers 2019 and 2015 criteria?
Cross-Sectional (n=604)
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What is the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications at admission and discharge in older adults according to the Beers 2019 and 2015 criteria?
Absolute Event Rate: 55% vs 53.3%
The Beers 2019 and 2015 criteria show good concordance in identifying potentially inappropriate medications in older hospitalized adults, with a high prevalence at admission that decreases by discharge.
Alerts clinicians to frequent PIMs on admission in older adults; leaves open whether Beers 2019 refines identification or outcomes versus 2015.
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Wang et al. (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Potentially inappropriate medications in older adults (n=604). Beers 2019 criteria vs. Beers 2015 criteria was evaluated on Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) at admission. The prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications at admission was 55.0% using Beers 2019 criteria and 53.3% using Beers 2015 criteria, with both criteria showing good accordance.
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