Prevalence and factors associated with potentially inappropriate medication and medication complexity for older adults in the emergency department of a secondary teaching hospital in Indonesia

• Main Authors: Khusnul Fitri Hamidah, -, Mahardian Rahmadi, -, Farah Meutia, -, Prihatma Kriswidyatomo, -, Firman Suryadi Rahman, -, Zamrotul Izzah, -, Bambang Subakti Zulkarnain, -, Leopold N. Aminde, -, Christopher Paul Alderman, -, Yulistiani, -, Budi Suprapti, -
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: Centro de Investigaciones y Publicaciones Farmaceuticas 2022
• Subjects: R Medicine; RS Pharmacy and materia medica; RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica; RS200-201 Pharmaceutical dosage forms
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/123520/1/C-05%20Artikel.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/123520/2/C-05%20Kualitas%20Karil.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/123520/4/C-05%20Similarity.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/123520/3/C-05%20Korespondensi.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/123520/; https://www.pharmacypractice.org/index.php/pp/article/view/2735; https://doi.org/10.18549/PharmPract.2022.4.2735
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Background: Older adults experience progressive decline in various organs and changes in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the drugs in the body which lead to an increased risk of medication-related problems. Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and medication complexity are key facto...