Assessing potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults in Central and Eastern Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985807%3A_____%2F25%3A00642021" target="_blank" >RIV/67985807:_____/25:00642021 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/25:10505693 RIV/00216208:11160/25:10505693

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2025.2579794" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2025.2579794</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2025.2579794" target="_blank" >10.1080/07853890.2025.2579794</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Assessing potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults in Central and Eastern Europe

Original language description

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use and its associated risk factors in community-dwelling older adults from five Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This secondary analysis of a cross-sectional survey, which was part of the Horizon 2020 EuroAgeism ESR7 project, was conducted between February 2019 and March 2020 in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, and Serbia. We enrolled older adults aged ≥665 years who visited community pharmacies to acquire medications. The prevalence of PIM use was determined by applying all 282 criteria from the EU(7)-PIM list. Risk and protective factors for PIM use were evaluated using multiple logistic regression. R software version 4.3.2 was used in statistical analysis. RESULTS: Most of the 2,155 participants were women (63.3%) and aged 65–74 years (64.8%). The overall PIM prevalence was 56.0% (95% confidence interval 53.8%–58.1%), ranging from 29.5% in Czechia to 70.0% in Croatia. The most commonly used PIMs were benzodiazepines (16.7% of all PIMs), followed by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (14.3%), and proton pump inhibitors taken for more than 8 weeks (14.1%). Multiple logistic regression revealed that residence, increasing comorbidity burden, and polypharmacy were significant risk factors associated with PIM use in older adults. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate a high prevalence of PIM use among older patients from CEE countries and considerable cross-country differences, underscoring the need to improve medication prescribing for older adults to improve healthcare quality and patient outcomes. KEY MESSAGES: Potentially inappropriate medication use is widespread in Central and Eastern Europe. It is necessary to improve the prescribing process for older adults worldwide.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10103 - Statistics and probability

Project

<a href="/en/project/EH22_008%2F0004607" target="_blank" >EH22_008/0004607: New Technologies for Translational Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences /NETPHARM</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Annals of Medicine

ISSN

0785-3890

e-ISSN

1365-2060

Volume of the periodical

57

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

2579794

UT code for WoS article

001607385700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105020774112