Overtreatment and associated risk factors among multimorbid older patients with diabetes.
Oliver BaretellaHeba AlwanMartin FellerCarole Elodie AubertCinzia Del GiovaneDimitrios PapazoglouAntoine ChristiaensArend-Jan MeindersStephen ByrnePatricia M KearneyDenis O'MahonyWilma KnolBenoît BolandBaris GencerDrahomir AujeskyNicolas RodondiPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2023)
In this multicountry study of multimorbid older patients with T2DM, more than one third were overtreated, highlighting the high prevalence of this problem. Careful balancing of benefits and risks in the choice of GLM may improve patient care, especially in the context of comorbidities such as severe renal impairment, and frequent non-GP healthcare contacts.