TY - JOUR AU - Plácido, Ana Isabel AU - Herdeiro, Maria Teresa AU - Simões, João Lindo AU - Amaral, Odete AU - Figueiras, Adolfo AU - Roque, Fátima PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/07 TI - Health professionals perception and beliefs about drug- related problems on polymedicated older adults- a focus group study JO - BMC Geriatrics SP - 27 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Polymedicated older patients are at greater risk of suffering from adverse events. For this reason, the detection of both inappropriate polypharmacy and polypharmacy-associated Drug-Related Problems (DRPs) are essential to improve the health and wellbeing of older adults and to reduce healthcare costs. This work aims to explore health professionals’ perceptions and opinions about polypharmacy and the handling of medicines by polymedicated older adults. SN - 1471-2318 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01972-3 DO - 10.1186/s12877-020-01972-3 ID - Plácido2021 ER -