International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)

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Research Paper | Medicine Science | India | Volume 5 Issue 1, January 2016


Study on Prevalence and Predictors of Polypharmacy in Geriatric Patients at a Private Corporate Hospital

Sriram S [10] | Jambulingam P | Muthuswamy K | Aarya S [2] | Sofy Binu | Sweatha Annie Mooken


Abstract: A prospective study on predictors of polypharmacy in Geriatrics was conducted in the General Medicine department of a 750 bedded multi-specialty private hospital in South India. A total of 124 geriatric patients were enrolled in the study of which 59 % were male patients and 41 % were female patients. The analysis of results of the study conducted revealed that 54.73 % of population were prescribed with 6-10 drugs, 37.09 % with 11-15 drugs and 5.64 % with 16-20 drugs. Our study assessed Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM) as per Beers Criteria. The results revealed that the PIM use was observed in 48.3 % patients. The analysis also revealed that the association between the number of drugs and number of PIM was statistically significant. Similarly the association between the number of co-morbidities and number of drugs was statistically significant.


Keywords: Polypharmacy, Geriatric patients, Beers criteria, PIM


Edition: Volume 5 Issue 1, January 2016,


Pages: 1548 - 1553


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Sriram S, Jambulingam P, Muthuswamy K, Aarya S, Sofy Binu, Sweatha Annie Mooken, "Study on Prevalence and Predictors of Polypharmacy in Geriatric Patients at a Private Corporate Hospital", International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Volume 5 Issue 1, January 2016, pp. 1548-1553, https://www.ijsr.net/get_abstract.php?paper_id=NOV152666

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