Pengaruh Intervensi Apoteker terhadap Tingkat Bahaya Drug-Related Problems pada Pasien Geriatrik Rawat Inap

Geriatric patients are at high risk of Drug-Related Problems (DRPs) associated with multimorbidity, physiologic changes, and pharmacologic alterations, that caused by the aging process. The pharmacist plays an important role in optimizing effectiveness safety patient’s drug therapies. This study aims to know effect intervention reducing harmful levels DRPs factors reduction harm level hospitalized geriatric patients. research uses quasi-experimental a one-group pretest posttest design. was conducted Panti Rapih Hospital between March-April 2021, patients’ inclusion criteria ≥ 60 years old, internal diseases cases, identified therapy. exclusion patient intensive unit Covid-19 ward. A reviewed therapy, solved DRPs. compared before after interventions. determined through professional adjustment according Harm Associated Medication Error Classification tools, then analyzed using Wilcoxon test confidence 95%. Factors age, number drugs received patient, comorbidities, acceptance were investigated for their on multivariate logistic regression test. total subject 28 inpatients, 47 identified. most frequent adverse reactions (27,66%). Among all interventions, 77,36% them accepted full implementation. resulted significant both potential actual (p < 0,05). factor shows multidisciplinary collaboration is needed care