Risk Factors Associated with the Use of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly in a Family Medicine Clinic
Objective: determine the frequency and risk factors related to the prescription of potentially inappropriate medications (pim) in the elderly.Material and methods: descriptive and cross-sectional study. Records of patients from a Gerontological section of the issste (Institute of Security and Social...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Atención Familiar |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/47940 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/atencion_familiar/article/view/47940 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Inappropriate Prescribing Elderly Drug Combinations medicamentos potencialmente inapropiados adultos mayores polifarmacia |
| Resumo: | Objective: determine the frequency and risk factors related to the prescription of potentially inappropriate medications (pim) in the elderly.Material and methods: descriptive and cross-sectional study. Records of patients from a Gerontological section of the issste (Institute of Security and Social Services for the State Workers) “Dr. Ignacio Chávez” Family Medicine Clinic (fmc) in Mexico City were reviewed. The prescription of a pim was evaluated with the Beers criteria. It was made a simple randomized sample and size for descriptive studies. Statistical analysis: variance analysis and t of student, level of significance 0.05. Statistical program spss v 18. Results: 300 records were analyzed, in 19 cases (6.3%) there was no pim prescribed, 67 (22.3%) registered at least one. When they were classified into two groups: regardless of the diagnosis, 38.3% received a prescription for a medication, and 43% depended on the diagnosis. Conclusions: the high frequency of prescription of pim in the elderly is a real health problem in the field of Family Medicine. |
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