欧州の高齢者ホームケア患者における潜在的に不適切な薬物使用
Daniela Fialová1, Eva Topinková, Giovanni Gambassi
1Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. fickova@faf.cuni.cz
JAMA
|March 17, 2005
まとめ
潜在的に不適切な薬物使用は,ヨーロッパの高齢者ホームケア患者の19.8%に影響し,地域によって大きな差異がある. 貧乏な経済状況,多剤薬,うつ病はリスクを高め,高齢化や独身生活はリスクを軽減する.
科学分野:
- ゲリアトリック・ファルマコロジー
- 公共衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
背景:
- 潜在的に不適切な薬剤 (PIM) の使用基準は,高齢者のリスク識別のために米国で確立されています.
- PIMの罹患率に関する欧州のデータは限られており,一般化ができない小規模な研究が行われています.
研究 の 目的:
- 欧州各国の高齢者ホームケア患者におけるPIM使用の流行を決定する.
- この人口集団におけるPIM使用に関連する要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- 欧州8か国から2707人の高齢者ホームケア患者を対象に,遡及的横断的な研究が行われました.
- データ収集は,ホームケアにおける最低データセット (Minimum Data Set in Home Care) を用いて行われました.
- 流行率はビアーズとマクリードの基準を用いて評価され,関連因子はロジスティック回帰を用いて特定された.
主要な成果:
- 全体として,患者の19.8%が少なくとも1つのPIMを使用しました.
- 大幅な格差が認められた:チェコでは41.1%で,西欧では平均15.8%だった.
- PIMの使用は,貧弱な経済状況,ポリファーマシー,抗不安薬の使用,およびうつ病に関連しています. 高齢化と独身生活は,保護的要因であった.
結論:
- PIMの使用における実質的な地理的な変動は,規制,臨床,社会経済的要因の影響を示唆しています.
- 経済的資源と患者の特徴は,PIMの処方に影響を与えます.
- 欧州の高齢者向けに処方箋の質を向上させるために,ターゲットを絞った教育戦略と規制が必要である.
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