Open AccessPolypharmacy among the elderly
Author(s) -
Seyed Reza Hosseini,
Ali Zabihi,
Seyedeh Roghayeh Jafarian Amiri,
Ali Bijani
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/jmh.jmh_87_17
Subject(s) - polypharmacy , medicine , pharmacy , medical prescription , odds ratio , confidence interval , cross sectional study , gerontology , elderly people , geriatrics , descriptive statistics , family medicine , psychiatry , nursing , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Older people are at risk for polypharmacy due to multiple chronic diseases. Considering the lack of information in this regard, the aim of this study was to investigate the state of polypharmacy among the elderly in the city of Amirkola in northern part of Iran.