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Factors associated with multiple medication use in different age groups
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- Moen, Janne (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för farmaci
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Antonov, Karolina (author)
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- Larsson, Charlotte A (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Samhällsmedicin,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Community Medicine,Lund University Research Groups
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- Lindblad, Ulf, 1950 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
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Nilsson, J Lars G (author)
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- Råstam, Lennart (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Samhällsmedicin,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Community Medicine,Lund University Research Groups
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- Ring, Lena (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för farmaci
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- 2009
- 2009
- English.
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In: The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. - 1060-0280 .- 1542-6270. ; 43:12, s. 1978-1985
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Abstract
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- BACKGROUND: Multiple medicine use among elderly persons is likely to be the result of treatment regimens developed over a long period of time. By learning more about how multiple medication use develops, the quality of prescribing may be improved across the adult lifespan. OBJECTIVE: To describe patterns of multiple medicine use in the general Swedish population and its association with sociodemographic, lifestyle, and health status factors. METHODS: Data from a cross-sectional population health survey collected during 2001-2005 from 2816 randomly selected Swedish residents (age 30-75 y; response rate 76%) were analyzed. Multiple medicine use was restricted to prescription drugs and defined as the 75th percentile; that is, the 25% of the study group using the highest number of drugs per individual. RESULTS: Seventy-one percent of the respondents used some kind of drug, 51.5% used one or more prescription drug, 38.4% used one or more over-the-counter (OTC) medication, and 8.3% used one or more herbal preparation. The cutoff amounts defining multiple medicine use were: 2 or more medications for 30- to 49-year-olds, 3 or more for 50- to 64-year-olds, and 5 or more for 65- to 75-year-olds. No association between use of multiple medicines and use of OTC drugs or herbal preparations was found. When drugs were classified into therapeutic subgroups, 76.3% of those aged 30-49 years, 97.9% of those aged 50-64 years, and 100% of those aged 65-75 years were taking a unique combination of drugs. Multivariate analyses showed that diabetes and poor self-rated health were associated with multiple medicine use in all age cohorts. Female sex and hypertension were associated with multiple medicine use among those aged 30-49 and 50-64 years, current smoking among those aged 50-64 years, and obesity among those aged 65-75 years. CONCLUSIONS: Multiple medicine use was associated with morbidity and poor self-rated health across all age groups. The vast majority of users of multiple drugs are taking a unique combination of medications.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Farmaceutiska vetenskaper (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Pharmaceutical Sciences (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- health status factors
- lifestyle factors
- multiple medicine use
- polypharmacy
- population survey
- self-rated health
- sociodemographic factors
- PHARMACY
- FARMACI
- population survey
- polypharmacy
- multiple medicine use
- health status factors
- lifestyle factors
- self-rated health
- sociodemographic
- factors
- sociodemographic factors
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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