Medicines for chronic diseases in seniors

 

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Autor: Cubero Mata, Alberto
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data wydania:2011
Opis:Costa Rica ́s process of population aging is a consequences of a low fertility and high life expectancy which outlines new challenges in the attention for chronic diseases. A sample of elderly people is analyzed at the urban periphery with three objectives: to study the validity of the individual report of medication for chronic illnesses (diabetes, hypertension and cardiac disease) in relation to an objective revision of the first-aid kit of the participants, to determine the effect of sociodemographic factors in the probability of a appropriate medication regimen and to elucidate the multidimensional process of medication holding. A weak relationship is evidenced between the report of medication and the first-aid kit revision, some factors influence positively the possibility of having appropriate medication like literacy, company and an increase Yesavage ́s scale score; others influence it negatively as alcoholism and co morbidity. There was evidence for just one dimension in the process to medications according to the variables used in this sample.
Kraj:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instytucja:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Język:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/8870
Dostęp online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/gerontologia/article/view/8870
Słowo kluczowe:adulto mayor
medicamentos
reporte individual
revisión botiquín
elderly
medicament
individual report
first-aid kit revision