[
    {
        "id": "osp-10063",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Prevalence, Characteristics and Determinants of Polypharmacy Among Elderly Patients Attending Primary Healthcare Centres in Bahrain: A cross-sectional study",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Alawainati",
                "given": "Mahmood"
            },
            {
                "family": "Habib",
                "given": "Fatima"
            },
            {
                "family": "Ateya",
                "given": "Eman"
            },
            {
                "family": "Dakheel",
                "given": "Eman"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Buainain",
                "given": "Muneera"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/prevalence-characteristics-and-determinants-of-polypharmacy-among-elderly-patients-attending-primary-healthcare-centres-in-bahrain-a-cross-sectional-s",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "24",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "63-69",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.9.2023.052",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence, characteristics and determinants of polypharmacy among elderly patients in Bahrain. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between March and April 2022 in all primary healthcare centres in Bahrain. A simple random sample was obtained. An elderly patient was defined as one aged ≥60 years and polypharmacy was defined as the concomitant use of 5 or more medications, with excessive polypharmacy defined as the concomitant use of 10 or more medications. Results: A total of 977 patients were included, with more than half of them being females (n = 533, 54.55%) and the mean age of the participants at 67.90 ± 6.87 years. Essential hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and diabetes mellitus were the most common comorbidities among the participants (61.51%, 57.63% and 53.22%, respectively). Among the cohort, 443 (45.34%) were on 5 or more medications and of those 66 (6.76%) were on at least 10 medications. A multivariate analysis revealed that patients with diabetes (odds ratio [OR] = 5.836, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.061–8.385; P P P P P Conclusion: Polypharmacy is prevalent among elderly patients in Bahrain, particularly among those with non-communicable diseases. Polypharmacy should be considered while delivering healthcare services to the elderly, especially those with non-communicable diseases.\n\nKeywords: Aged; Elderly; Polypharmacy; Bahrain."
    }
]