Risk Factors Associated with the Use of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly in a Family Medicine Clinic
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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.
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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González-Pedraza Avilés, A., Sánchez-Reyes, A., & González-Domínguez, R. (2015). Risk Factors Associated with the Use of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly in a Family Medicine Clinic. Atención Familiar, 21(3). https://doi.org/10.22201/facmed.14058871p.2014.3.47940