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Prescription Opioid Misuse Among School-Aged Adolescents: Gender Differences and Related Factors
Prescription opioid misuse has become one of the most frequent types of drug consumption among adolescents. Our objective was to report the...
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Determinants of and interventions for Proton Pump Inhibitor prescription behavior: A systematic sco** review
BackgroundProton Pump Inhibitors (PPI) are frequently prescribed. Long-term use is associated with side-effects and patients often lack a valid...
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Assessment of prescription completeness and drug use pattern using WHO prescribing indicators in private community pharmacies in Addis Ababa: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundHealthcare systems in both develo** and developed countries were not free from prescription errors. One of the effects of prescription...
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Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications among hospitalized older adults with COVID-19 in Malaysian tertiary hospitals
IntroductionOlder adults are among the most vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 epidemic, contributing to a large proportion of COVID-19-related...
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Factors associated with the use of antibiotics for children presenting with illnesses with fever and cough obtained from prescription and non-prescription sources: a cross-sectional study of data for 37 sub-Saharan African countries
IntroductionFever and cough in under-five children are common and predominately self-limiting illnesses. Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics in...
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Prevalence and clinical predictors of inappropriate direct oral anticoagulant dosage in octagenarians with atrial fibrillation
PurposeOlder age is associated with inappropriate dose prescription of direct oral anticoagulants. The aim of our study was to describe the...
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Prescription Sequence Symmetry Analysis (PSSA) to assess prescribing cascades: a step-by-step guide
Prescribing cascades occur when patients are prescribed medication to treat the adverse drug reaction of previously prescribed medication....
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Association of Potentially Inappropriate Medication Classes with Mortality Risk Among Older Adults Initiating Hemodialysis
Background and ObjectiveOlder adults initiating dialysis have a high risk of mortality and that risk may be related to potentially inappropriate...
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Impact of Prescription Medicines on Work-Related Outcomes in Workers with Musculoskeletal Disorders or Injuries: A Systematic Sco** Review
PurposeMedicines are often prescribed to workers with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and injuries to relieve pain and facilitate their recovery and...
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Healthcare Costs Associated with Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescribing Detected by Computer Algorithm Among Older Patients
IntroductionPotentially inappropriate medication prescribing (PIP) among older patients is associated with an increased risk of adverse events and...
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Frailty and Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing in Older People with Polypharmacy: A Bi-Directional Relationship?
Frail older adults commonly experience multiple co-morbid illnesses and other risk factors for potentially inappropriate prescribing. However,...
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Assessing antibiotic dispensing without prescription through simulated client methodology in develo** countries: A comprehensive literature review from 2009 to 2021
AimThe objective of this review was to assess the extent of nonprescription antibiotics obtained at community pharmacies without a valid prescription...
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Gender and urban-rural influences on antibiotic purchasing and prescription use in retail drug shops: a one health study
IntroductionFew studies have reported antibiotic purchases from retail drug shops in relation to gender in low and middle-income countries (LMICs)....
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Evaluation of the reliability of the criteria for assessing prescription quality in Chinese hospitals among pharmacists in China
BackgroundThe reliability of Criteria for Assessing Prescription Quality in Chinese Hospitals (CAPQCH) has never been rigorously verified. This study...
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Prescription appropriateness of anticoagulant drugs for prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized multimorbid older patients
The aims were to assess: the prescription prevalence of anticoagulant drugs for thromboprophylaxis (TP) in hospitalized older patients; the...
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Renal Function, Cardiovascular Diseases, Appropriateness of Drug Prescription and Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Patients
IntroductionReduced estimated creatinine clearance (eCrCl) is prevalent in older patients and impacts on drug prescription. In this study, the burden...
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Prevalence and Predictors of Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescription Among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in the State of Qatar
BackgroundPotentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) often lead to sub-optimal or poor health outcomes in older adults.
ObjectiveThe objective of...
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Trends and correlated outcomes in population-level prescription opioid and transdermal fentanyl use in Israel
BackgroundIn the last twenty years, there was a documented increase in prescription opioid procurement in Israel. However, there is still little...
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Potentially inappropriate medication use in the elderly: physicians’ and hospital pharmacists knowledge, practice, confidence, and barriers
BackgroundInappropriate medication prescribing and dispensing by physicians and pharmacists is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the...
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Potentially inappropriate prescribing for people with dementia in ambulatory care: a cross-sectional observational study
BackgroundStudies have shown that potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) is highly prevalent among people with dementia (PwD) and linked to...
