Associations between inappropriate medication use and (instrumental) activities of daily living in geriatric rehabilitation inpatients: RESORT study.

Elizabeth Manias Cheng Hwee SohMd Zunayed KabirEsmee Mariëlle Reijnierse Andrea Britta Maier

Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2021)

Inappropriate medication use involving PPOs was associated with lower IADL scores at 3-month post-discharge from geriatric rehabilitation but not with ADL scores. Greater attention is needed in reducing PPOs in geriatric rehabilitation inpatients that can potentially impact IADLs. In the community, health professionals need to be vigilant about assessing how older patients' physical functioning may be affected by inappropriate medication prescribing.

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