فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) prevalence in older adults is increasingday by day due to lack of knowledge among medical students and professionals.OBJECTIVE: To determine the knowledge of medical students toward American GeriatricSociety (AGS) Beers criteria for PIM prescribing.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study employed a self‑administered questionnairewhich was validated and designed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical internsand postgraduate residents on Beers criteria for PIMs in older adults. The study was conductedin Faridkot region of Punjab in 2019. This study will utilize a purposive sampling strategy and aconvenience sampling of up to 183 participants. Mann–Whitney U or Kruskal–Wallis tests were usedto compare different issues as appropriate. P values of <0.05 were considered significant.RESULTS: Out of 183 questionnaires distributed, only 155 participants (response rate 84.6%) hadfilled the survey and were included in the study. 61.3% (n = 95) of the respondents were males. Themean knowledge score of 155 participants was (5.16 ± 1.56), where the highest score was 9 and thelowest score was 2 out of 10. 15.5% (n = 24) of the participant strongly agreed that Beers criteria useis necessary in clinical setting and would be very helpful. While 22.5% (n = 35) of the participantsstrongly agreed that PIMs cause adverse drug event (ADE) and drug‑related problems (DRPs) inolder adults. Age of the participant had a significant effect on the knowledge score (p = 0.009), andparticipant aged between 31 and 40 years had significantly higher knowledge scores compared withparticipants falls under 20–30 years.CONCLUSION: Medical students and postgraduate residents had average knowledge of PIMs andare unaware of the standard guidelines in older adults such as the Beers criteria. Lack of formaleducation or training about Beers guidelines was the main reason responsible for average knowledgeamong participants.