{"doi":"10.1111/ajag.12722","title":"Polypharmacy at discharge in older hospitalised patients in Vietnam and its association with frailty","abstract":"<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives</jats:title><jats:p>To investigate the prevalence of polypharmacy and the common drugs prescribed at discharge in frail and non‐frail older inpatients, and to examine whether frailty is significantly associated with polypharmacy.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>Cross‐sectional analysis from data of a study about the prevalence of frailty in older inpatients in Vietnam in 2015. Polypharmacy was defined as using ≥5 medications. Frailty was defined by Fried's frailty criteria.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>There were 382 participants, mean age 76.4, 56.5% female and 35.9% frail. At discharge, 59.2% had polypharmacy (62.8% in the frail and 57.1% in the non‐frail). Vitamin/supplements were the most common drugs prescribed, followed by antiplatelets. Frailty was not significantly associated with polypharmacy (adjusted OR 1.45, 95% CI 0.89‐2.34).</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>The prevalence of polypharmacy at discharge was high in both frail and non‐frail participants. 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