Use of the Screening tool of older person's prescriptions (STOPP) in older people admitted to an Australian hospital Manias,E, Kusljic,S, Berry,C, Brown,E, Bryce,E, Cliffe,J and Smykowsky,A 2015, Use of the Screening tool of older person's prescriptions (STOPP) in older people admitted to an Australian hospital, Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 15-20, doi: 10.1111/ajag.12054. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Use of the Screening tool of older person's prescriptions (STOPP) in older people admitted to an Australian hospital Author(s) Manias,E orcid.org/0000-0002-3747-0087 Kusljic,S Berry,C Brown,E Bryce,E Cliffe,J Smykowsky,A Journal name Australasian Journal on Ageing Volume number 34 Issue number 1 Start page 15 End page 20 Publisher Wiley Publication date 2015-03 ISSN 1440-6381 1741-6612 Keyword(s) Aged Clinical audit Inappropriate prescribing Medication therapy management Public hospital Summary Aims: To determine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older people aged 65years and over who were admitted to hospital, and to examine the medications and medication classes that comprised these PIMs with use of the Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions. Method: Using a retrospective clinical audit design, the medical records of 100 older patients were randomly selected and examined for the prevalence and characteristics of PIMs. The audit was undertaken of patients admitted over a 12-month period to an Australian public teaching hospital. Results: In total, 92 individual occurrences of PIMs were detected, and 54 patients had at least one PIM. The most common type of PIM experienced related to prescribed medications that adversely affected individuals who were prone to falls. Conclusion: Many older patients experienced a PIM during their hospital admission, where the risk of an adverse event could outweigh the clinical benefit. Language eng DOI 10.1111/ajag.12054 Field of Research 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920210 Nursing HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2015, Wiley Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30072226 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Nursing and Midwifery Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 14 Apr 2015, 09:56:27 EST Tue, 14 Apr 2015, 09:58:23 EST Thu, 16 Apr 2015, 05:05:43 EST Tue, 12 May 2015, 15:28:20 EST Wed, 13 May 2015, 06:09:43 EST Thu, 14 May 2015, 13:57:04 EST Thu, 14 May 2015, 14:06:46 EST Fri, 15 May 2015, 09:07:15 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 4 times in TR Web of Science Cited 7 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 145 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 12 May 2015, 15:28:20 EST

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