Table 2.
PIMs identified according to the EU(7)-PIM list, Beers 2019, and STOPP v2 criteria
| EU(7)-PIM list | Beers 2019 | STOPP v2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of PIMs* | 1467 | 1824 | 980 | ||||||
| Mean PIM/older adult (SD) | 1.2 (SD 1.3) | 1.5 (SD 1.5) | 0.8 (SD 1.1) | ||||||
| n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | n | % | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of older adults with at least 1 PIM | 766 | 63.8% | 61.1–66.6% | 802 | 66.8% | 64.1–69.5% | 601 | 50.1% | 47.2–53.0% |
| No. of older adults with 1 PIM | 369 | 30.8% | 28.2–33.5% | 298 | 24.8% | 22.4–27.4% | 355 | 29.6% | 27.0–32.2% |
| No. of older adults with 2 PIMs | 208 | 17.3% | 15.2–19.6% | 219 | 18.3% | 16.1–20.6% | 152 | 12.7%, | 10.8–14.7% |
| No. of older adults with 3 PIMs | 112 | 9.3% | 7.8–11.1% | 139 | 11.6% | 9.8–13.5% | 69 | 5.8% | 4.5–7.2% |
| No. of older adults with 4 PIMs | 47 | 3.9% | 2.9–5.2% | 85 | 7.1% | 5.7–8.7% | 15 | 1.2% | 0.7–2.1% |
| No. of older adults with ≥ 5 PIMs | 30 | 2.5% | 1.7–3.6% | 61 | 5.1% | 3.9–6.5% | 10 | 0.8% | 0.4–1.5% |
CI confidence interval, PIM potentially inappropriate medications
Asterisk (*) symbol means an older adult can have more than one PIM