Association between potentially inappropriate medications and anxiety in Japanese older patients.

PIMs among older patients are common in Japanese primary care settings, and prescription of benzodiazepines or hypnotic Z-drugs and proton pump inhibitors was frequent as PIMs. PIMs might be associated with anxiety; therefore, their association should be focused on and addressed to reduce PIMs. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2017; 17: 2520-2526.