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1M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania.
Background And Purpose:
The purpose of this integrative review is to synthesize research on the measurement of polypharmacy.
Methods:
A comprehensive search of the literature databases Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and PubMed was conducted using a combination of terms/keywords to search existing studies to explore measures used to address polypharmacy.
Results:
Several methods of measuring the existence of polypharmacy have been used in research. In addition to screening tools, the number of medications taken was used as an indicator of polypharmacy.
Conclusions:
Multiple methods of the measurement of polypharmacy have been used throughout the literature. Most methods related to the intended study objectives and population. The most frequently reported measure of screening was the Beers Criteria.
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