2012 American geriatrics society beers criteria: Enhanced applicability for detecting potentially inappropriate medications in European older adults? a comparison with the screening tool of older person's potentially inappropriate prescriptions

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1217-1223

  Blanco Reina, Encarnaciõn ^a   Ariza Zafra, Gabriel ^b   Ocaña Riola, Ricardo ^c   Leõn Ortiz, Matilde ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Geriatrics Department   (Spain)

^c ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beers criteria; older adults; potentially inappropriate medications; Screening Tool of Older Person's Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

2003 BEERS CRITERIA; 2012 AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY BEERS CRITERIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; SCREENING TOOL OF OLDER PERSON POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; TREATMENT DURATION;

BEERS CRITERIA; OLDER ADULTS; POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE MEDICATIONS; SCREENING TOOL OF OLDER PERSON'S POTENTIALLY INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIPTIONS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904464298     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12891     Document Type: Article

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