The Role of Core Outcome Sets for Pharmaceutical Care Research

Millar, Anna; Rankin, Audrey; McGrattan, Mairead; Spargo, Maureen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92576-9_12

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“…There is consensus in the literature that many published trials of interventions to support prescribing and medication use in older adults are heterogeneous with respect to the outcomes measured across studies or selectively report outcomes, making it difficult to conclude which interventions are most effective [105,106]. As a result, over recent years much work has focused on the development of Core Outcome Sets (COSs) to be used in trials focusing on optimising prescribing in care homes [107], medication review [108], multimorbidity [109], improving appropriate polypharmacy [110], and medicines management in people with dementia [111].…”

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An Update on Medication Use in Older Adults: a Narrative Review

Barry

Hughes

2021

Curr Epidemiol Rep

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Purpose of Review The global phenomenon of population aging is impacting the health and care needs of society. The use of medications by older adults is acknowledged to be the most common form of medical intervention for many acute and chronic conditions and prescribing in this population continues to increase. In this narrative review, we summarise the age-related factors that should be considered when prescribing for older adults, address some of the perennial challenges related to medicine use in older people, and highlight important emerging research in this area. Recent Findings A range of age-related factors should be considered when prescribing for older adults. However, the evidence base still lacks data pertaining to older adults due to their continued under-representation in clinical trials. Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and inappropriate prescribing continue to remain prevalent among older adults, although recent research has been focused on the development and evaluation of complex interventions to address these challenges. Summary Further high-quality studies of interventions to improve and support medication use in older adults are needed, ensuring that older adults are well represented in such trials and consideration is given to the measurement of patient- and provider-focused outcomes.

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