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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*
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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, January 2017
DOI 10.5123/s1679-49742017000100013
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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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Country Count As %
Unknown 48 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 20 42%
Student > Master 6 13%
Student > Postgraduate 3 6%
Researcher 3 6%
Professor 2 4%
Other 3 6%
Unknown 11 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 27%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 11 23%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Environmental Science 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 13 27%
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#258
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#355,992
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