Table 2.
Comparison of the descriptive results from FORTA, PRISCUS and EU(7)-PIM list
| FORTA PIM | PRISCUS PIM | EU(7)-PIM | |
| Medication | |||
| Total number (%) of drugs used | 24 535 | 24 535 | 24 535 |
| Prescribed | 18 600 (75.8) | 18 600 (75.8) | 18 600 (75.8) |
| OTC | 5935 (24.2) | 5935 (24.2) | 5935 (24.2) |
| Total number (%) of PIM | 2852 (11.6) | 963 (3.9) | 4311 (17.6) |
| Prescribed | 2474 (86.7) | 939 (97.5) | 3919 (90.9) |
| OTC | 378 (13.3) | 24 (2.5) | 392 (9.1) |
| Median number of PIM (range) | 1 (0–7) | 0 (0–4) | 1 (0–8) |
| Mean number of PIM (SD) | 0.9 (±1.0) | 0.3 (±0.6) | 1.4 (±1.3) |
| Patients (%) | |||
| Patients with at least one PIM | 55.9 | 24.7 | 70.1 |
| Patients with one PIM | 1048 (32.9) | 656 (20.6) | 1020 (32.0) |
| Patients with two PIMs | 496 (15.6) | 123 (3.9) | 678 (21.3) |
| Patients with three PIMs | 168 (5.3) | 15 (0.5) | 320 (10.0) |
| Patients with four PIMs | 47 (1.5) | 4 (0.1) | 140 (4.4) |
| Patients with five PIMs | 19 (0.6) | – | 50 (1.6) |
| Patients with six PIMs | 3 (0.1) | – | 19 (0.6) |
| Patients with seven PIMs | 1 (0.03) | – | 5 (0.2) |
| Patients with eight PIMs | – | – | 2 (0.1) |
FORTA, Fit fOR The Aged; OTC, over-the-counter; PIM, potentially inappropriate medication.