Use of medication in elderly people don't institutionalized

Authors

  • Martín Regueiro Cátedra de Farmacología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Durand. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Médico Internista y Geriatra.
  • Nicolás Mendy Cátedra de Farmacología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Médico Ginecologo.
  • Martín Cañás Cátedra de Farmacología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Área de Farmacología, Federación Médica de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Médico, Máster en Farmacoepidemiología.
  • Hugo Osvaldo Farina Cátedra de Farmacología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Médico Internista, Doctor en Medicina.
  • Pablo Nagel Cátedra de Farmacología Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Médico Cirujano.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2011.284.429

Keywords:

Elderly, Drug prescriptions, Drug utilization

Abstract

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.

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Published

2014-01-29

How to Cite

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Regueiro M, Mendy N, Cañás M, Osvaldo Farina H, Nagel P. Use of medication in elderly people don’t institutionalized. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2014 Jan. 29 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];28(4). Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/429

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