Publications by authors named "Klejda Hudhra"
Rationale, Aims And Objectives: Explicit criteria have been used worldwide to identify suboptimal prescribing such as potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIPs). The objective of our study was to determine prevalence, types and factors associated with PIPs in older people discharged from an Albanian hospital.
Method: Retrospective, cross-sectional study conducted among patients aged 60 years and more discharged from the Cardiology and Internal Medicine departments of the University Hospital Center 'Mother Theresa' Tirana during 2013.
Rationale, Aims And Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIP) and the association with polypharmacy (more than six drugs prescribed) in co-morbid older patients in a critical moment of care transition such as hospital discharge by means of two explicit criteria (Beers 2012 and STOPP 2008).
Method: Cross-sectional study carried out in an older patients' population (≥65 years old) discharged from a university hospital in Spain. We recorded patients' information regarding demographics, diagnosis, drugs prescribed and associated pathological conditions and calculated the Charlson co-morbidity index.
Aim: Our aim was to assess the prevalence and socioeconomic and clinical correlates of drug-drug interactions among the adult population of transitional Kosovo.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted including a representative sample of 1921 patients aged ≥18 years (mean age: 57.8±11.
Background: Potentially inappropriate prescriptions (PIP) are frequent, generate negative outcomes, and are to a great extent avoidable. Although there is general agreement about the definition of PIP, how to measure them is a matter of debate.
Objective: Our aim was to measure the frequency of PIP in older people at hospital discharge using two sets of criteria--Beers (2012 update) and STOPP.