2017
DOI: 10.1590/0104-07072017003040015
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Relationship of Polypharmacy and Polypathology With Falls Among Institutionalized Elderly

Abstract: Objective: identify relationships of association between the risk of falls in institutionalized elderly people with polypharmacy and polypathy, as well as to outline the epidemiological profile of its casuistry.Method: a prospective obseracional study with 271 elderly residents in long-stay institutions in the Federal District (Brazil). The date were a actualized by inferencial statistics.Results: a monitoring of elderly confirmed the association between polypathology and falls (p: 0.0028), however, it did not… Show more

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“…In the present study, the findings referring to sociodemographic characteristics corroborate with the literature, which shows a higher frequency of elderly women, aged 80 years or over, single, with or without schooling, and non-white people living in LTCF [ 10 , 12 ].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…In the present study, the findings referring to sociodemographic characteristics corroborate with the literature, which shows a higher frequency of elderly women, aged 80 years or over, single, with or without schooling, and non-white people living in LTCF [ 10 , 12 ].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…These characteristics can contribute to the presence of cognitive impairment in these people, the most prevalent condition among the elderly people analyzed, resulting in impaired quality of life and health conditions [ 10 ]. Furthermore, institutionalized elderly people have worse health conditions due to the presence of multi-comorbidities, leading to the greatest frailty [ 4 , 12 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…O uso de muitas medicações associado ao processo fisiológico de envelhecimento ocasiona uma diferenciação nas fases de absorção, distribuição, metabolização e eliminação dos medicamentos, resultando na maior ocorrência de eventos adversos, que podem ter como consequência as quedas. Sendo assim, a polifarmácia associada à prescrição inadequada de medicamentos resulta na piora do prognóstico clínico do idoso em decorrência de quedas e ainda pode aumentar a ocorrência de fraturas (16) .…”
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“…In Domain 9 -Coping/Tolerance to stress, it was diagnosed in 21 elders, as for "Deterioration of the regulation of mood", 20 said they felt sadness, 12 of them also got angry easily, and one just felt irritable; attributable to the elderly's losses, specifically health, since satisfaction with life is related to the self-perceived health, 23 together with other losses such as death of a spouse, unemployment, changes in family structure (marriage or divorce of the children, changes of residence of a family member), economic problems, etc., the elderly living in extended family towards their own social, sentimental and economic problems of children and grandchildren, those who live in a nuclear family show abandonment.…”
Section: /12mentioning
confidence: 99%