Abstract:Living with extensive polypharmacy among the elderly population affects their quality of lives and medication compliance. The UK-developed (LMQ-3) which is a valid instrument designed to quantify medicine burden.
The objectives of this study were to quantify medicines burden among community-dwelling elderly, describe the numbers and types of drugs used, and identify the risk factors that might need to be addressed.
The descriptive cross-sectional study is designed to interview 500 Bahraini over 65 … Show more
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