Symptomatic and preventive medication use according to age and frailty in Australian and Japanese nursing homes

CONCLUSIONS: The ratio of symptomatic to preventive medications was higher with increasing frailty but lower with age in Australia; whereas in Japan, the ratio remained consistent across age and frailty groups. Preventive medications remained prevalent in most-frail residents in both cohorts, albeit at lower levels in Japan.PMID:37934399 | DOI:10.1007/s40520-023-02600-x

Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - November 7, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Shin J Liau Shota Hamada Agathe D Jadczak Nobuo Sakata Samanta Lalic Rumiko Tsuchiya-Ito Reina Taguchi Renuka Visvanathan J Simon Bell Source Type: research