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Characterization of medication use among the elderly of North Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorPinto, Isabel C.
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Fernando A.
dc.contributor.authorMateos-Campos, R.
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-14T15:43:20Z
dc.date.available2018-03-14T15:43:20Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractAging associated with chronic comorbidities leads to Polypharmacy, but the complex therapies in elderly can lead to therapy non-adherence, increasing costs and several health risks. Objectives: To characterize medication use and related factors among northern Portuguese elderly. Methods: This cross-sectional population-based study was centered on a structured interview to 442 elderly (≥65 years), non-probabilistic sample by convenience, at home and institutions in northern Portugal. It was considered as polymedicated seniors taking ≥5 drugs daily. Beers criteria (2012) were used to evaluate the potentially inappropriate medication use. It was used descriptive statistics and univariate and multivariate statistical analysis, with a significance level of 5%. Results: The sample consisted mainly of females (56.6%), aged between 65 and 101 years (mean 76.84 ± 8.07). The prevalence of medication use was 97.3%. Most elderly are polymedicated (54.1%), on average 5.15 different drugs are administered per day. The most commonly prescribed groups were: cardiovascular drugs (82.8%), central nervous system agents (54.2%) and drugs with an effect on the digestive tract (40.9%). According to the Beers criteria, 53.5% of seniors taking potentially inappropriate medication. Polypharmacy was positively associated with living in littoral sub-region (p<0.001), having a reasonable (p=0.002) or poor health self-perception (p<0.001), self-reported chronic diseases (p<0.001) and number of doctors (p=0.003). Conclusions: Results shows a high proportion of medication use among the northern Portuguese elderly, including potentially inappropriate. The risk of polypharmacy is related to coastal region, perception of reasonably/poor health, chronic diseases and the number of doctors.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationPinto, Isabel C.; Pereira, Fernando; Mateos-Campos, R. (2016). Characterization of medication use among the elderly of North Portugal. In 3rd World Congress of Health Research. Atención Primaria. ISSN 0212-6567. 48 (Esp Cong 1), p. 45-45pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0212-6567
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/16296
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-atencion-primariapt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectBeers criteriapt_PT
dc.subjectElderlypt_PT
dc.subjectMedicationpt_PT
dc.subjectPolypharmacypt_PT
dc.titleCharacterization of medication use among the elderly of North Portugalpt_PT
dc.typeconference object
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceViseu, Portugalpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage45pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue48pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage45pt_PT
oaire.citation.title3rd World Congress of Health Researchpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume(Espec Cong 1):25-120pt_PT
person.familyNamePinto
person.familyNamePereira
person.givenNameIsabel C.
person.givenNameFernando A.
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