Report for: Perfil farmacoterapêutico e fatores associados à polifarmácia entre idosos de Aiquara, Bahia, em 2014*

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Title	Perfil farmacoterapêutico e fatores associados à polifarmácia entre idosos de Aiquara, Bahia, em 2014*
Published in	Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, January 2017
DOI	10.5123/s1679-49742017000100013
Pubmed ID	28226014
Authors	Alessandra Santos Sales, Marta Gabriele Santos Sales, Cezar Augusto Casotti
Abstract	to describe the drugs used and analyze the factors associated with polypharmacy in the elderly, in Aiquara, Bahia, Brazil. this is a census cross-sectional study, conducted in February 2014, through an interview using standardized form. among the 272 elderly respondents, 53.3% used only prescribed medication and 31.6% used at least one medication not prescribed; the prevalence of polypharmacy was 29.0%; cardiovascular drugs were the most used in polypharmacy (n=390; 37.6%); after adjusted analysis, the factors that remained associated with polypharmacy were female sex (OR=2.20 - 95%CI 1.11;4.35), private health insurance (OR=2.18 - 95%CI 1.05;4.55), hospitalization in the previous year (OR=2.34 - 95%CI 1.18;4.65) and having four or more self-reported diseases (OR=3.18 - 95%CI 1.60;6.29). there was a high prevalence of polypharmacy, associated with sex, private health insurance, having four or more self-reported diseases and hospitalization in the previous year, with higher use of cardiovascular drugs.

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Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Student > Bachelor	20	40%
Student > Master	6	12%
Student > Postgraduate	3	6%
Researcher	3	6%
Professor	2	4%
Other	4	8%
Unknown	12	24%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Medicine and Dentistry	13	26%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science	11	22%
Nursing and Health Professions	6	12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	2	4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	1	2%
Other	3	6%
Unknown	14	28%

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Perfil farmacoterapêutico e fatores associados à polifarmácia entre idosos de Aiquara, Bahia, em 2014*

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