[Medication adherence of elderly in Porto Alegre, RS]. / Adesão à prescrição médica em idosos de Porto Alegre, RS.
Cien Saude Colet
; 13 Suppl: 703-10, 2008 Apr.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21936175
Polipharmacy and medication non-adherence are problems faced frequently in the treatment of elderly patients. An exploratory cross-sectional study and quantitative approach were conducted to assess the frequency of treatment-adherence in elderly and how polipharmacy can affect adherence. Four hundred and sixty six elderly answered a questionnaire in Porto Alegre, RS in individual interviews. The adherence frequency found was 173 (37.1%) and was higher among those, who use less medication. These results indicate the need for implementing educational programs for the elderly in order to help them to follow their drug therapy.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Adesão à Medicação
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Cien Saude Colet
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Brasil