Ageing of the population and selected aspects of risky drug prescribing in senior age (II.)

Institution/department: Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy Title of diploma thesis: Ageing of the population and selected aspects of risky drug prescribing in senior age (II.) Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Daniela Fialova, PharmDr. Ph.D. Author: Gabriela Zpevakova INTRODUCTION: Ageing of the population in developed and developing countries is accompanied with increasing proportion of seniors. Because of age-related physiological and pathological changes, polymorbidity is very common in older patients and often accompanied with polypharmacy and higher risk of drug-drug interactions (DDIs). Moreover, age-related changes in drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics contribute to higher clinical significance of various DDIs. The aim of this diploma theis was to determine the prevalence and most common DDIs in the Czech sample of seniors assessed during the EuroAgeism H2020 project in three different settings of care - acute, ambulatory care and in community pharmacies. The secondary aim of the thesis was also to thoroughly describe mechanisms of most common DDIs, their clinical relevance and available evidence. METHODOLOGY: For determining the prevalence of DDIs we used Czech data of seniors 65+ (in total N=1602) collected during the..