Factors associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing in elderly patients with various degrees of chronic kidney disease

Author:

Nedin Rankovic Gorana G.1,Pejcic Ana V.2ORCID,Krtinic Dane A.13,Stokanovic Dragana S.1,Trajkovic Hristina S.1,Jovanovic Hristina M.1,Binic Iva I.4ORCID,Jankovic Slobodan M.2

Affiliation:

1. Medical Faculty, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Nis Nis Serbia

2. Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Kragujevac Kragujevac Serbia

3. Clinic for Oncology Clinical Center Nis Nis Serbia

4. Clinic for Psychiatry Clinical Center Nis Nis Serbia

Abstract

AbstractIntroductionThis study aimed to compare the prevalence of potentially inappropriately prescribed drugs in hemodialysis patients and patients with chronic kidney disease who did not require renal replacement therapy, as well as to identify risk factors associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing.MethodsThe study was designed as a cross‐sectional study conducted at the Department of Nephrology, Clinical Center in Nis, Serbia. The patients were divided into two groups: (1) patients on hemodialysis treatment and (2) patients with various degrees of chronic kidney disease without renal replacement therapy. The presence or absence of potentially inappropriate prescribing was determined using the 2015 AGS Beers criteria.FindingsThe study included a total of 218 patients aged 65 years and over. The number of patients with potentially inappropriate prescribed drugs did not differ significantly (chi‐square = 0.000, p = 1.000) between patients on hemodialysis (27 of 83, i.e., 32.5%) and patients with various degrees of chronic kidney disease without renal replacement therapy (44 of 135, i.e., 32.6%). Factors associated with potentially inappropriate prescribing in hemodialysis patients were the number of drugs (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.919, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.325–2.780) and number of comorbidities (HR = 1.743, 95% CI: 1.109–2.740). The number of drugs (HR = 1.438, 95% CI: 1.191–1.736) was the only independent factor associated with increased risk of potentially inappropriate prescribing in patients without renal replacement therapy.DiscussionOur study showed that potentially inappropriate prescribing is a relatively frequent phenomenon present in about a third of patients in both study groups. The number of prescribed drugs was the main factor associated with the increased risk of potentially inappropriate prescribing in both groups.

Publisher

Wiley

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