Prevalence of Inappropriate Prescriptions and Omitted Therapies in Hospitalized Elderly: STOPP/START Criteria Analysis (SPIna)

Regione del Veneto - AULSS n. 7 Pedemontana

Status: Completed

Conditions: Deprescribing; Elderly (People Aged 65 or More); Hospitalization; Polypharmacy (People Under Treatment With 5 or More Drugs)

Treatments: Drug: medication review and deprescribing

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07202962

1239

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs) and potential omitted prescriptions (PPOs) in elderly patient upon admission to the acute geriatric department, based on adherence or non-adherence to the recommendations specified in STOPP and START criteria.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 75+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Elderly patients (aged >75 years) admitted to the Geriatrics Department at Santorso, Alto Vicentino Hospital.
• Currently undergoing pharmacological treatment at the time of admission.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients placed in palliative therapy upon admission to the department due to incurability of the underlying pathologies