Declining Use of Potentially Inappropriate Medication in People with Dementia from 2000 to 2015: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Nationwide Register-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have shown declining use of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM), medication where risks associated with use outweigh potential benefits in older people. However, the trend in people with dementia remains unknown.

Objective

To test the hypothesis that the use of PIM has decreased in people with dementia in line with the declining use in the general older population.

Methods

Repeated cross-sectional register-based study of the entire Danish population aged ≥65 years (2000: N = 802,106; 2015: N = 1,056,476). PIM was identified using the Danish "Red-yellow-green list". Changes in the use of PIM were examined by calculating the annual prevalence of filling prescriptions for at least one PIM in older people with and without dementia. Characteristic

SUBMITTER: Kristensen RU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7990423 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature