老年人中药物储存,多药和脆弱综合征:一项观察性研究
Maturin Tabué-Téguo1,2,3, Roxane Villeneuve1,3, Jeannie Helene-Pelage4
1Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Guadeloupe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France.
The Pan African medical journal
|July 31, 2023
概括
在老年人中,在家中不适当地储存药物是常见的,并且与多药性有关,而不是脆弱性. 这一发现表明,储存药物可能有助于识别老年人对药物的脆弱性.
科学领域:
- 老年病的医生 老年病的医生
- 药房 药房 药房 药房
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 多药在老年人中越来越多,这引发了人们对安全储存药物的担忧.
- 在家中不适当地储存药物可能与药物脆弱性有关.
- 在老年人中,虚弱是常见的,并且经常与多药性有关.
研究的目的:
- 调查社区居住的老年人中药物储存和虚弱之间的关联.
- 探索药物储存作为识别药物脆弱性的潜在工具.
主要方法:
- 这是一项针对65岁以上成年人的观察性,横截面研究.
- 药物储存定义为过剩,未使用,过期或未处方的药物.
- 使用骨质疏松性骨折 (SOF) 研究尺度评估的脆弱性;多药性被定义为≥5种处方药.
主要成果:
- 药物储存与多药性 (p=0.031) 有关,但与脆弱性无关 (p=0.724).
- 多变量分析显示,药物储存与较低的教育水平,失脂症和认知障碍 (MMSE) 有关.
- 参与者平均储存了14.7±18.2个药盒.
结论:
- 在这个老年人群中,储存药物与虚弱没有显著的关联.
- 然而,药物储存与多药和其他健康状况有关.
- 药物储存需要进一步的研究,因为它是老年人和药房药物管理问题的潜在指标.
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