[Assessment of medication prescribing in a geriatric follow-up care and rehabilitation]

Kenza Laloui; Hoby Razafimbelo; Annie Claude Goby-Ribemont; Marie-Thérèse Rabus; Jean-Paul Rwabihama

doi:10.1016/j.sger.2019.04.013

[Assessment of medication prescribing in a geriatric follow-up care and rehabilitation]

Soins Gerontol. 2019 Jul-Aug;24(138):39-43. doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2019.04.013.

[Article in French]

Authors

Kenza Laloui¹, Hoby Razafimbelo¹, Annie Claude Goby-Ribemont¹, Marie-Thérèse Rabus¹, Jean-Paul Rwabihama²

Affiliations

¹ Hôpitaux universitaires Henri-Mondor (AP-HP), pôle gériatrique de l'Essonne, site Joffre-Dupuytren, 1, avenue Eugène-Delacroix, 91210 Draveil, France.
² Hôpitaux universitaires Henri-Mondor (AP-HP), pôle gériatrique de l'Essonne, site Joffre-Dupuytren, 1, avenue Eugène-Delacroix, 91210 Draveil, France; Université Paris-Est-Créteil, IMRB-EA 7376, CEpiA (Clinical Epidemiology and Ageing), Créteil, France. Electronic address: jean-paul.rwabihama@aphp.fr.

PMID: 31307689
DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2019.04.013

Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyse the prescriptions and identify the factors associated with inappropriate prescribing (IP) and polypharmacy. Polypharmacy and IP concerned 80% of the 54 patients included in the study upon admission, and 78% upon discharge without a statistically significant reduction. A critical analysis of prescriptions would help to reduce inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy in elderly patients.

Keywords: assessment; elderly patient; medication prescribing; patient âgé; polymédication; polypharmacy; prescription médicamenteuse; psychotrope; psychotropic drugs; évaluation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aftercare*
Aged
Drug Prescriptions*
Hospitalization
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing / statistics & numerical data*
Patient Discharge
Polypharmacy*
Rehabilitation*
Risk Factors