Association of pneumonia admission with polypharmacy and drug use in community-dwelling older people

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AIM: The purpose of the present study was to clarify the association of pneumonia admission with polypharmacy and specific drug use in community-dwelling older people.

METHODS: Using health insurance and long-term care insurance data from Kure city in Japan, we retrospectively collected data for older community-dwelling people (aged ≥65 years) from April 2017 to March 2019. The outcome was pneumonia admission. We carried out multivariate logistic regression analysis to identify the association of pneumonia admission with polypharmacy (≥5 drugs), the use of psychotropic drugs or anticholinergics with adjustment for patient backgrounds, such as comorbidity, and the daily life independence level for the older people with disability.

RESULTS: Of 59 040 older people, 4017 (6.8%) participants were admitted for pneumonia in 2 years. The ratio of polypharmacy, and the use of psychotropic drugs and anticholinergics in the admission group were significantly higher than the non-admission group. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that polypharmacy (odds ratio 1.29, 95% confidence interval 1.18-1.41), and the use of conventional antipsychotic drugs (odds ratio 1.39, 95% confidence interval 1.02-1.90), atypical antipsychotic drugs (odds ratio 1.67, 95% confidence interval 1.37-2.05) and anticholinergics (odds ratio 1.22, 95% confidence interval 1.13-1.33) were significantly associated with pneumonia admission.

CONCLUSION: The present results suggest that polypharmacy, and the use of psychotropic drugs and anticholinergics are risk factors for pneumonia admission. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2024; 24: 404-409.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

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Geriatrics & gerontology international - 24(2024), 4 vom: 18. Apr., Seite 404-409

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hamaya, Hironobu [VerfasserIn]
Kojima, Taro [VerfasserIn]
Hattori, Yukari [VerfasserIn]
Akishita, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticholinergics
Antipsychotic Agents
Cholinergic Antagonists
Journal Article
Pneumonia
Polypharmacy
Potentially inappropriate medication
Psychotropic Drugs

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ggi.14860

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NLM369870204