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Therapy adherence and polypharmacy in non‐institutionalized elderly from Amares county, Portugal

dc.contributor.authorPinto, Isabel C.
dc.contributor.authorPires, TĆ¢nia C.S.P.
dc.contributor.authorGama, João
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-21T18:12:22Z
dc.date.available2018-03-21T18:12:22Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractPolypharmacy is frequent in elderly, and therapy adherence is a crucial component to achieve the effectiveness of treatment, but the complex therapies in elderly can lead to therapy non-adherence, increasing costs and several health risks. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of therapy adherence, polypharmacy and associated factors in elderly. Methods: This cross-sectional study was based on a questionnaire, with MAT scale (measure of adherence to therapy) validated for the Portuguese population (Delgado & Lima, 2001), applied to 159 elderly (≄65 years) living in his home in Amares county, in northern Portugal. To assess therapy adherence, those whose average adherence levels were ≄5 were called adherent, and it was considered as polymedicated seniors taking ≄5 drugs. It was used descriptive statistics, correlations were accessed using qui-square test and adjusted residuals (AdR) for variables categories, with a significance level of 5%. Results: The sample consisted mainly of females (54.7% vs. 45.3%), aged between 65 and 96 years old (mean 74.6), while 50.3% was between 65-74 years old. The participants show good therapy adherence (69.8%), being highly polymedicated (58.5%) with an average of 5.5 different drugs administered per day. Non-adherence is associated with having mental disorders (p=0.002) and respiratory system diseases (AdR=2.0), and seems to be related with being polymedicated (AdR=1.7) and bad health perception (AdR=1.3). Having hypertension, cholesterol, depression, mental disorders (p=0.001), pain (p=0.003) and diabetes (p=0,014) are related to polypharmacy. Conclusions: This study shows a considerable prevalence of therapy adherence and polypharmacy, being several factors associated with these phenomena.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationPinto, Isabel C.; Pires, TĆ¢nia; Gama, JoĆ£o (2016). Therapy adherence and polypharmacy in non‐institutionalized elderly from Amares county, Portugal. In The 3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congress. Leiria. p. 15-16pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/16458
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherUnidade de Investigação em Saúde (UIS) da Escola Superior de Saúde do IPLeiriapt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/supplements/pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectElderlypt_PT
dc.subjectNon-institutionalized elderlypt_PT
dc.subjectPolypharmacypt_PT
dc.subjectTherapy adherencept_PT
dc.subjectTherapy non-adherencept_PT
dc.titleTherapy adherence and polypharmacy in non‐institutionalized elderly from Amares county, Portugalpt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceLeiria, Portugalpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage16pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue16pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage15pt_PT
oaire.citation.title3rd IPLeiria’s International Health Congresspt_PT
oaire.citation.volumeSupplement 3: O38pt_PT
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