Prevalence of and factors associated with polypharmacy among elderly persons resident in the community

Abstract Objective: to verify the prevalence of and factors associated with polypharmacy among elderly residents of the city of Cuiabá, in the state of Mato Grosso. Method: a cross-sectional study of 573 people aged 60 and over was performed. Polypharmacy was defined as the use of five or more med...

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Main Authors: Natália Araujo de Almeida, Annelita Almeida Oliveira Reiners, Rosemeiry Capriata de Souza Azevedo, Ageo Mário Cândido da Silva, Joana Darc Chaves Cardoso, Luciane Cegati de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) , Universidade Aberta a Terceira Idade (UnAti) 2017-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-98232017000100138&tlng=pt