Uso de medicamentos en adultos mayores no institucionalizados

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ID15534706
AuthorsMartín Regueiro (El Hospital General de Agudos Carlos G. Durand, corresponding author), Nicolás Mendy (Universidad Nacional de La Plata), Martín Cañás (0000-0003-0500-5866, Universidad de Buenos Aires), Hugo Osvaldo Farina (Universidad Nacional de La Plata), Pablo Nagel (Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
Year2014
Volume28
Issue4
Publication date2014-01-29
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1726-4634 • E-ISSN: 1726-4642
PublisherNational Institute of Health of Peru (PUBLISHER • PE)
DOI10.17843/rpmesp.2011.284.429
OpenAlexW4246430038
LanguageES
Citations received2
References cited1

Misuse of drugs in the elderly is a rampant public health problem. We conducted a cross-sectional study using a self-administered survey to assess drug use and inadedequate prescription among noninstotunilazed elderly patients in the city of La Plata, Argentina in 2009. The total number of respondents was 215. The average number of drugs used per person was 3.19 ± 2.02, polypharmacy was present in 24.1 % of subjects. Potentially inappropriate medications (MPI) were given in 25.5 %, 31.9 % and 30.0 % of the patients, according to Beers criteria, Priscus list, and STOPP criteria, respectively. This research found that potentially inappropriate prescribing is common and there is a growing need for a list of potentially inappropriate medications, as appropriate to each situation, that considers situations where treatment is suboptimal

Beers Criteria · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Family medicine · Intensive care medicine · Medical prescription · Polypharmacy · Public health · Antibiotic Use and Resistance · Medication Adherence and Compliance · Medicine · Nursing · Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes · Gerontology · Pharmacology

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