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Table 1 Agent groups taken by patients

From: General practitioners’ views on (long-term) prescription and use of problematic and potentially inappropriate medication for oldest-old patients—A qualitative interview study with GPs (CIM-TRIAD study)

Agent group according to the PRISCUS-list

Number of patients taking a PIM from this agent groupa

1. Analgesics, antiphlogistics

2

2. Antiarrhythmics

3

3. Antibiotics

1

4. Anticholinergics

1

5. Antidepressants

1

6. Antihypertensives, cardiovascular drugs

2

7. Sedatives, hypnotic drugs

5/3b

8. Anti-dementia drugs, vasodilators, circulation-enhancing drugs

2

Agents from different agent groups (combinations of 7/8; 2/5; 1/8; 5/7 and 7/antiemetic drug)c

5

neuroleptics, ergotamine/ergotamine derivates, laxatives, muscle relaxants, antiepileptic drugs and anticoagulants/antiplatelet drugs

0

  1. aSome patients took more than one PIM from the same agent group
  2. bNumber of patients taking more than one PIM from one agent group
  3. cNumbers indicate agent groups taken by those patients
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BMC Primary Care

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