Potentially inappropriate medication use: The Beers' Criteria used among older adults with depressive symptoms

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 182-190

  Lee, Daphne ^a,b   Martini, Nataly ^a   Moyes, Simon ^a   Hayman, Karen ^a   Zolezzi, Monica ^c,d   Kerse, Ngaire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Depressive symptoms; Inappropriate prescribing; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883518565     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc13182     Document Type: Article

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