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Use of medications amongst older persons in Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Stankuniene, Aurima (författare)
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Social Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickeviciaus 9, Kaunas, LT-44307, Lithuania
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- Stankunas, Mindaugas (författare)
- Department of Health Management, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickeviciaus 9, Kaunas, LT-44307, Lithuania
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- Avery, Mark (författare)
- School of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 4222, Australia
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- Radziunas, Raimondas (författare)
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Social Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickeviciaus 9, Kaunas, LT-44307, Lithuania
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- Soares, Joaquim J. (författare)
- Mittuniversitetet,Avdelningen för hälsovetenskap
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- Melchiorre, M. Gabriella (författare)
- Scientific Technological Area, Socio Economic Research Centre, Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Aging (INRCA), Via Santa Margherita 5, Ancona, 60124, Italy
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- Torres-Gonzalez, Francisco (författare)
- Centro de Investigación Biomedica en Red de Salud Mental CIBERSAM-Granada University, Av Madrid, 11, Granada, Spain
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- Baranauskas, Algirdas (författare)
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Social Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickeviciaus 9, Kaunas, LT-44307, Lithuania
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- Lindert, Jutta (författare)
- Department of Public Health, Protestant University of Applied Sciences, Paulusweg 6, Ludwigsburg, 71638, Germany
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Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Social Pharmacy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A Mickeviciaus 9, Kaunas, LT-44307, Lithuania Department of Health Management, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A. Mickeviciaus 9, Kaunas, LT-44307, Lithuania (creator_code:org_t)
- 2013-12-06
- 2013
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Open Medicine. - : Walter de Gruyter GmbH. - 1911-2092 .- 2391-5463. ; 8:6, s. 855-860
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Abstract
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- Aim: To evaluate the associations between socio-economical factors and the use of medications in the elderly. Methods: The data was collected in a cross-sectional study in 2009. We received 624 completed questionnaires (response rate - 48.9%) from elderly people aged 60-84 years living in Kaunas (Lithuania). For an evaluation of the impact of explanatory variables on the analyzed events (binary dependent variable), an Enter model of logistic regression was used. Results: Our findings suggest that 50.8% (n=317) of respondents used at least one drug daily. 18.3% (n=114) of respondents indicated that they use medications regularly, but not on a day-by-day basis. One quarter (25.6%; n=160) used medication only on an "at need" basis. Only 5.3% (n=33) of older persons did not use any medications at all. Logistic regression showed that being male (OR=0.67; 95%CI:0.45-0.98) was associated with using medications "regularly + daily." For the use of "daily" medications, older age (OR=1.33; 95%CI:1.15-1.53) was associated with using medications daily. An opposite association was observed for respondents having no paid work (OR=0.48; 95%CI:0.26-0.82). Conclusions: Our study suggests that more than half of older persons in Lithuania use medications every day. Use was associated with socioeconomic factors (gender, age, and employment status).
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- Lithuania
- Medication use
- Older persons
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