Polypharmacy and self-medication among older adults in Indian urban communities—a cross-sectional study

Polypharmacy and self-medication among older adults in Indian urban communities—a cross-sectional study

Abstract Older adults are vulnerable to unsafe medication practices. This cross-sectional study estimated the prevalence and factors of polypharmacy and self-medication among 600 older adults from six Indian cities. The updated Screening Tool of Older Persons’ Prescriptions and Screening Tool to Ale...

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Main Authors:	Saibal Das, Pavithra Gnanavel, Shalini Smanla, Anku Moni Saikia, Shilpi Mishra, Shweta Khare, S. Arun Murugan, Vadanere Nidhi Prakash, Parimita Roychoudhury, Ishteyaque Ahmad, Vishal Diwan, J. Rajesh, K. Sathish Kumar, Jugal Kishore, Namita Srivastava, Sabrina Yasmin, Mahmuda Nasrin, Rinku Borah, Mandeep Sarma Basistha, Chetanjit Baruah, Manoj Kalita, Shambo Samrat Samajdar, Jerin Jose Cherian, Ashish Pathak, Samiran Panda, Santanu Kumar Tripathi, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2025-02-01
Series:	Scientific Reports
Subjects:	Older adults Polypharmacy Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) Potential prescribing omissions (PPOs) Self-medication Screening tool of older persons’ prescriptions and screening tool to alert to right treatment (STOPP-START)
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84627-2
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