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- Title
Polypharmacy and drug adherence in the elderly in the context of primary health care: cross-sectional study.
- Authors
da Silva Rodrigues, Maria Eduarda; do Nascimento1, Girleide Santos; de Medeiros, Lucielly Batista; Nogueira, Matheus Figueiredo; da Silva Pascoal, Francilene Figueiredo; Pinheiro de Carvalho1, Mariana Albernaz; Dantas Cavalcanti, Ana Carla; Peclat Flores, Paula Vanessa; Funchal Camacho, Alessandra Conceição Leite
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate drug adherence in elderly people who use polypharmacy in the context of primary care. Method: Cross-sectional study of quantitative character. The sample consisted of 231 elderly. Results: Of the 231 elderly who participated in the study, 36.4% were male and 63.6% were female. The mean age observed was 73.4 (± 8.7) years. There was a statistically significant difference among the variables "sex", "quantity of drugs" and "has caregiver". In addition, a positive statistical correlation was observed between age and the amount of drugs used by the elderly. The prevalence of polypharmacy identified was 16.0%. Most users of multiple drugs showed adherence to treatment (86.5%). Conclusion: It is assumed the need for a greater investigation of the relationship between the caregiver and the amount of medicines used by the elderly, in addition to professional training for the management of polypharmacy.
- Subjects
CLINICAL drug trials; NON-communicable diseases; CAREGIVERS; SAMPLE size (Statistics); CONFIDENCE intervals; POLYPHARMACY; CROSS-sectional method; LIFE expectancy; INDEPENDENT variables; PRIMARY health care; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUALITY of life; PATIENT compliance; STATISTICAL correlation; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; HEALTH promotion; OLD age
- Publication
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing, 2023, Vol 22, p1
- ISSN
1676-4285
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17665/1676-4285.20236633