The prevalence of chronic disease and drug use in the elderly central in Kırşehir
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Prof. Dr. Ayla ÜNSAL Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Gökçe DEMİR Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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(SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
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| Dergi Adı | Türk Geriatri Dergisi | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1304-2947 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2010 |
| Kabul Tarihi | 12-04-2026 | Yayınlanma Tarihi | – |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 13 / 4 / 244–251 | DOI | – |
| Özet |
| Materials and Methods: Randomly selected 290 elderly participants registered at six Family Health Centers in Kırşehir were interviewed between March and July 2009. A questionnaire form developed by the researchers was used as the data gathering tool. For analysis of the data, percentage, arithmetic mean, and Chi-square tests were used.Results: All of the participants had a diagnosis of at least one disease and used prescribed (80.3%) or prescribed plus over the counter (19.7%) drugs. The most frequent chronic diseases were hypertension and cardio-vascular diseases. The most frequently used drugs were antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory, cardiovascular system drugs, and analgesics. The most commonly used over the counter drugs were analgesics. Of the elderly 17.2% had a complaint of side effects such as stomach-ache (40.0%) and head-ache (24.0%). An association was found between the … |
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