Impact of hospitalization due to medical illness on inappropriate prescribing in elderly patients: a prospective observational study.
- Conditions
- Geriatrics
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000027189
- Lead Sponsor
- ational Hospital Organization Tochigi Medical Center
- Brief Summary
The proportions of patients taking any PIMs at admission and discharge were 47.2% and 32.2%, respectively. Of all the patients, 39 (5.3%) were readmitted within 30 days after discharge for the index hospitalisation. The use of PIMs at discharge was not associated with an increased risk of 30-day readmission (OR 0.93; 95% CI 0.46 to 1.87). This result did not change after adjusting for patient age, sex, number of medications, duration of hospital stay and comorbidities (OR 0.78; 95% CI 0.36 to 1.66).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 739
Not provided
1) A second admission to a medical ward during the study period 2) Death during the hospitalization 3) Transfer to other hospitals or other wards in our hospital 4) Hospitalization for diagnostic testing only 5) Missing data
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method