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- Title
Preventive Medication Use among Adults Aged 40 and over in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015–2018.
- Authors
Meraya, Abdulkarim M.
- Abstract
Objectives: 1. To estimate the prevalence of preventive medication use among adults in the United States (US); 2. To identify the socioeconomic, demographic and clinical factors associated with preventive prescription medication use; 3. To identify the diagnoses associated with preventive prescription medication use. Methods: Data from two cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015–2016 and 2017–2018, are analyzed. Results: Among US adults aged 40 years or older (N = 7634), 31% use a preventive medication. Specifically, 27% of them use aspirin and 9% use other preventive prescription medications. Among those who use other preventive prescription medications, 27% report using one of the cardiovascular agents and 24% reported using anticoagulants and/or antiplatelet agents. High percentages of preventive prescription medication users report using medications to prevent heart attacks/myocardial infarctions (25%) or blood clots (23%). Uninsured adults are less likely to use preventive medications (OR: 0.656; p-value = 0.009) as compared with their counterparts with private insurance. On the other hand, older adults and those with diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and hypertension are more likely to use preventive medications. Furthermore, past smokers and adults who never smoked are more likely to use preventive medications as compared with those who currently smoke. Conclusion: Policies are needed to increase access to preventive care for uninsured adults. Further research needs to review the benefits and harms of the chronic use of preventive medication among older adults in the US.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PREVENTION of chronic diseases; ARTHRITIS prevention; PREVENTION of mental depression; DIABETES prevention; PREVENTION of heart diseases; THROMBOSIS prevention; HYPERTENSION; STATISTICS; CONFIDENCE intervals; NUTRITIONAL assessment; EX-smokers; CROSS-sectional method; ECONOMIC status; AGE distribution; HEALTH status indicators; MYOCARDIAL infarction; RETROSPECTIVE studies; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SURVEYS; SEX distribution; DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; HEALTH insurance; ASPIRIN; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; SMOKING; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; DATA analysis software; MARITAL status; ODDS ratio; INSURANCE; EDUCATIONAL attainment; ADULTS; MIDDLE age; OLD age
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2022, Vol 10, Issue 10, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare10101875