Background: Medication literacy encompasses the cognitive and social skills necessary for
individuals to obtain, comprehend, communicate, calculate, and process medication-related …

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with high frequency of comorbidities
and increased risk of polypharmacy. Although there is a great potential for complications …

Developing self-care behaviors is a fundamental yet challenging strategy to prevent the
complications of diabetes. This three-arm randomized controlled trial aimed to compare the …

Background Pneumonia causes more deaths than any other infectious disease, especially
in older patients with multiple chronic diseases. Recent studies identified a low functional …

Background Previous evidence indicated that atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with
polypharmacy presented increased probability of adverse events. We investigated the …

Objective The aim of this study was to assess the mortality in hip fracture patients with regard
to use of fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs), by comparing survival in exposed and …

There has been increased focus on clinically managing multi-morbidity in the older
population, but it can be challenging to find appropriate paradigm that addresses the socio …

BACKGROUND In cases where patients are unable to provide informed consent and have
no surrogate decision‐maker, a hospital must seek guardian appointment as a legally …

Background Pharmacovigilance is an identifying and responding process against an
adverse drug reaction (ADRs) problem encountered in the drug administration. ADRs are …

Aim The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of polypharmacy and excessive
polypharmacy in very old hospitalized patients based on their comorbidities. Methods The …