title: Use of the Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions (STOPP) in older people admitted to an Australian hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in older people aged 65 years 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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Many older patients experienced a PIM during their hospital admission, where the risk of an adverse event could outweigh the clinical benefit.
authors: The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Manias
authors: Snezana
authors: S
authors: Kusljic
authors: Claire
authors: C
authors: Berry
authors: Ella
authors: E
authors: Brown
authors: Emma
authors: E
authors: Bryce
authors: Justine
authors: J
authors: Cliffe
authors: Alexandra
authors: A
authors: Smykowsky
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004347:Drug Interactions; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D057970:Inappropriate Prescribing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D054539:Medication Therapy Management; D010343:Patient Admission; D019338:Polypharmacy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014739:Victoria
keywords: aged; clinical audit; inappropriate prescribing; medication therapy management; public hospital