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Factors associated with refraining from buying prescribed medications among older people in Europe
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- Stankunas, Mindaugas (author)
- School of Public Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Soares, Joaquim (author)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap
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- Viitasara, Eija Riitta (author)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap
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- Melchiorre, Maria Gabriella (author)
- Scientific Technological Area, Socio Economic Research Centre, Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Ancona, Italy
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- Sundin, Örjan (author)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för psykologi
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- Torres-Gonzales, Francisco (author)
- Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Stankuniene, Aurima (author)
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Social Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Avery, Mark (author)
- School of Public Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Ioannidi-Kapolou, Elisabeth (author)
- Department of Sociology, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece
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- Barros, Henrique (author)
- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Lindert, Jutta (author)
- Department of Public Health, Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Ludwigsburg
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- 2013-09-03
- 2014
- English.
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In: Australasian Journal on Ageing. - : Wiley. - 1440-6381 .- 1741-6612. ; 33:4, s. 25-36
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- AimTo evaluate the associations between refraining from buying prescribed medications and selected factors among older persons.MethodsA total of 4467 people aged 60–84 years from seven European countries answered a questionnaire (response rate 45.2%). Refraining from buying prescribed medications was measured with the question: ‘Have you ever refrained from buying prescribed medication and care?’ResultsAbout 11.9% of older people refrained from buying prescribed medications. The multiple regression analysis showed that ages 60–64 (odds ratio (OR) = 2.08; 95% confidence interval (95%CI): 1.38–3.13) and 65–69 (OR = 1.73; 95%CI: 1.16–2.57) years, experience of financial strain (OR = 1.59; 95%CI: 1.27–2.01), as well as exposure to abuse (OR = 1.64; 95%CI: 1.31–2.06) when taking into account country of participant were independently associated with refraining from buying medications, while an opposite association was observed for being male (OR = 0.72; 95%CI: 0.58–0.91).ConclusionsThe study has revealed that refraining from buying prescription medications is a problem among older people and it has identified a number of factors associated with this.
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- Aged
- Aged 60 and over
- Elder abuse
- Medication adherence
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