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Association between physical activity levels and polypharmacy in hypertensive patients
(2016-05-01)
Background: exercise reduces medication usage in hypertensive people. However, different domains of physical activity (PA) have not been studied in order to analyze their relationship with the use of multiple medications, ...
Assessment of polypharmacy in elderly patients by using data from dispensed medications in community pharmacies: analysis of results by using different methods of estimation
(Springer, 2018-10)
Background Estimating the prevalence of polypharmacy is essential for the evaluation of public health. Many different methodologies are used to determine the number of drugs used by a patient. Objective To analyse and ...
Prevalência e fatores associados à polifarmácia entre idosos atendidos na Atenção Primária a Saúde em Belo Horizonte, MG.
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisUFMG, 2018-07-05)
The progressive aging of the population contributes to an increase in the number of people who develop chronic health conditions, which in general require continuous care and the use of various medicines. The age-related ...
Polypharmacy as maintenance treatment in bipolar illness: A systematic review
(Wiley, 2021)
Objectives: Polypharmacy is common in maintenance treatment of bipolar illness,
but proof of greater efficacy compared to monotherapy is assumed rather than well
known. We systematically reviewed the evidence from the ...
Analysis of Costs of Polypharmacy in the ElderlyAnálisis de costos de la polifarmacia en ancianos
(Facultad de Medicina, 2015)