Improving the appropriateness of prescribing in older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of pharmacists' interventions in secondary care

摘要

Methods: a comprehensive electronic literature search was conducted using 12 databases from inception up to and including September 2014. Inclusion criteria were controlled trials (randomised or non-randomised) of interventions involving pharmacists conducted in hospitals, with an objective of the study being PIP reduction in patients 65 years or older or patients with dementia of any age, using any validated PIP tool as an outcome measure. Risk of bias assessments were conducted utilising the Cochrane Collaboration's tool.