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- Title
Polypharmacy, inappropriate medication use and associated factors among brazilian older adults.
- Authors
Constantino, Juliana Lima; Bozzi, Ronielly Pereira; Motta de Souza, Gustavo Pinheiro Machado; Marchesi, Renan; Jorge, Antonio José Lagoeiro; da Silva Correia, Dayse Mary; Rosa, Maria Luiza Garcia; Giordani, Fabíola; Baltar, Valéria Troncoso
- Abstract
Background: Population aging is still an important worldwide phenomenon. Elderly people suffer from multiple chronic diseases that require the use of several drugs, and this demographic scenario fosters the increased prescription of multiple drugs, or Polypharmacy (PP) and Potentially Inappropriate Medication (PIM). Objective: This study aimed to identify the prevalence rates and associated factors of PP and PIM in Brazilian older adults. Method: The prevalence of PIM use and PP was estimated in a sample of 222 patients enrolled in the Family Health Program in Niterói, Brazil. Logistic regression models were used to analyze the data. Age and sex were kept in the models as potential confounding factors. Results: PP and PIM use presented prevalence rates of 23.9 and 24.8%, respectively. PP was associated with body mass index, coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, and a number of comorbidities, whereas PIM use was associated with PP. Conclusion: The prevalence rates of PP and PIM use found were lower than those reported in previous studies. This could be a result of differences in availability of drugs or prescribing habits. Multiple chronic diseases were associated with PP. These results suggest that more care should be taken in prescribing for the elderly population.
- Subjects
POLYPHARMACY; DRUG utilization; HEALTH of older people; CHRONIC diseases; BODY mass index
- Publication
Cadernos Saúde Coletiva, 2020, Vol 28, Issue 3, p400
- ISSN
1414-462X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1414-462X202028030245