Polypharmacy

One-year body weight loss and gain as independent predictors of frailty-related outcomes and mortality in an aging Japanese population

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Fujii, H. et al. Yubi-wakka (finger-ring) test: A tool to detect prefrailty in elderly populations, a pilot study. J. Clin. Med. Res. 11, 623–628 (2019). Google Scholar  Fujii, H. et al. Sarcopenia and coexistent risk factors detected using the Yubi-wakka (finger-ring) test in adults aged over 65 years in the public annual health checkup in … Read more

Association of individual and community-level socioeconomic status and education with medication use: a multilevel analysis in the PERSIAN cohort | BMC Public Health

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Study design and participants This cross-sectional study utilized baseline data from the Prospective Epidemiological Research Studies in IrAN (PERSIAN), a cohort designed to investigate the burden and risk factors of non-communicable diseases in Iran. The cohort includes participants aged 35 to 70 years from 18 geographically distinct sites, selected to represent diverse ethnic, environmental, and … Read more

Polypharmacy and anticholinergic burden scales in older adults: a cross-sectional study among psychiatric outpatients in a tertiary care hospital | BMC Geriatrics

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In this cross-sectional study, anticholinergic burden and polypharmacy were investigated in patients attending the psychiatry outpatient. We observed one-fifth of our study population taking five or more medications with an average of 3.16 drugs prescribed per patient, and on further analysis the polypharmacy and the seven anticholinergic burden scales were found to be positively associated. … Read more