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| Title |
Polypharmacy, chronic diseases and nutritional markers in community-dwelling older
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| Published in |
Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, December 2014
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| DOI | 10.1590/1809-4503201400040002 |
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| Authors |
Erika Aparecida Silveira, Luana Dalastra, Valéria Pagotto |
| Abstract |
Polypharmacy is a common practice among the elderly, but few studies have evaluated its association with nutritional markers. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy and its association with nutritional markers, chronic diseases, sociodemographic and health variables. This research is part of the Study Elderly/Goiânia, which evaluated 418 elderly community in a cross-sectional design. Polypharmacy was defined as the use of five or more concomitant medications. The following nutritional markers were investigated: BMI, waist circumference, percentage body fat, weight gain and loss, use of diet, daily consumption of fruits, vegetables, skimmed and whole milk. Multivariate analysis was performed using hierarchical Poisson regression, with significance level set at 5%. The prevalence of polypharmacy was 28% (95%CI 23.1 - 32.5), with a significant association with feminine gender, age range 75 - 79 years, eutrophic nutritional status and obesity, use of diet, poor self-rated health and presence of two, three or more chronic diseases. The high prevalence of polypharmacy and its association with nutritional markers and chronic diseases call the attention for the need of nutritional surveillance and monitoring in the elderly. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 71 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 32% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 10% |
| Researcher | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 10% |
| Unknown | 10 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 34% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 10 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 16 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 May 2019.
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