Assessment of Drug-Related Problems and Health-Related Quality of Life Domains in Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Ahmad Al-AzayzihRoaa J KanaanShoroq M Altawalbeh

Published in: Therapeutics and clinical risk management (2023)

Geriatric individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus encounter a significant prevalence of DRPs, with drug choice problems being the most common followed by dosing problems. Risk factors contributing to these DRPs include high drug frequency, living conditions, high number of diabetes medications, multimorbidity, and smoking. Also, the study concluded that the increased number of DRPs was associated with negative impact on HRQoL domains in geriatric patients with type 2 diabetes.

Keyphrases

risk factors
mental health
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
adverse drug
drug induced
hip fracture
emergency department
skeletal muscle
adipose tissue
decision making
clinical evaluation