Factors associated with refraining from buying prescribed medications among older people in Europe

Stankunas, MindaugasSchool of Public Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (författare)

Published online 2 Sep 2013
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.

Soares, JoaquimMittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap(Swepub:miun)joasoa (författare)
Viitasara, Eija RiittaMittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap(Swepub:miun)eijvii (författare)
Melchiorre, Maria GabriellaScientific Technological Area, Socio Economic Research Centre, Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Ancona, Italy (författare)
Sundin, ÖrjanMittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för psykologi(Swepub:miun)orjsun (författare)
Torres-Gonzales, FranciscoCentro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), University of Granada, Granada, Spain (författare)
Stankuniene, AurimaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology and Social Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania (författare)
Avery, MarkSchool of Public Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (författare)
Ioannidi-Kapolou, ElisabethDepartment of Sociology, National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece (författare)
Barros, HenriqueDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal (författare)
Lindert, JuttaDepartment of Public Health, Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Ludwigsburg (författare)
School of Public Health, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, AustraliaAvdelningen för hälsovetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

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