Table 1.
Characteristics of patients according to presence of ≥1 potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) and/or ≥1 potential prescription omissions (PPOs), identified by the STOPP and START criteria, respectively
| ≥1 PIMs/PPOs | ≥1 clinically relevant PIMs/PPOs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||
| n = 170 | n = 30 | P value | n = 141 | n = 59 | P value | ||
| Age | Mean ± SD | 85.1 ± 6.7 | 81.1 ± 8.3 | 84.8 ± 6.8 | 83.7 ± 7.6 | ||
| Median (range) | 85 (65–98) | 80 (65–98) | 0.009 | 85 (65–98) | 85 (65–98) | 0.37 | |
| Female sex | 112 (66) | 21 (70) | 0.66 | 92 (65) | 41 (69) | 0.56 | |
| Multidose drug dispensing | 97 (57) | 3 (10) | <0.0001 | 86 (61) | 14 (24) | <0.0001 | |
| Impaired cognition | 84 (49) | 6 (20) | 0.003 | 69 (49) | 21 (36) | 0.084 | |
| Residing in nursing home | 56 (33) | 4 (13) | 0.031 | 47 (33) | 13 (22) | 0.11 | |
| Number of drugs | Mean ± SD | 7.7 ± 3.7 | 4.1 ± 3.7 | 8.2 ± 3.6 | 4.8 ± 3.6 | ||
| Median (range) | 7 (0–21) | 3 (0–15) | <0.0001 | 8 (2–21) | 4 (0–15) | <0.0001 | |
Values are presented as number of patients (percentage) if not stated otherwise
SD standard deviation, STOPP screening tool of older person’s potentially inappropriate prescription, START screening tool to alert to right treatment