The Prevalance of Chronic disease and Drug Use of the Olders Living in Nursing Home
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Prof. Dr. Ayla ÜNSAL Türkiye
Gökçe Demir
Ayden Çoban Özkan
Gülşah Gürol Arslan Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi
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| Dergi Adı | Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi | ||
| Makale Dili | – | Basım Tarihi | 01-2011 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 12 / 3 / 5–10 | DOI | – |
| Makale Linki | https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/meandrosmdj/issue/44198/545465 | ||
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| OBJECTIVEThis study was conducted for the purpose of determining the prevalence of the chronic disease and drug use of the elderly living in nursing home. MATERIALS and METHODSData had obtained from 126 individuals at three nursing home in two cities in Turkey between October and December 2009. A questionnaire form developed by the researchers was used as the data gathering tool. For analysis of data, percentage and Chi-square had been used. RESULTS81.7% of the elderly had at least one diagnosed chronic disease. The most frequently diagnosed disease was hypertension (22.3%). The elderly used prescribed (75.4%), prescribed-over the counter (7.9%), both prescribed and prescribed-over the counter (5.6%). The elderly said that we didn't used drug (11.1%). The most frequently used drugs were antihypertensive (26.4%), antirheumatismal (23.5%), antidiabetic and cardiovascular (8.8%) drugs. Analgesics were the most used drugs as over the counter. Four-five percent only of elderly had complained about the side effects of the drugs such as stomach fewer, diarrhea, xerostomia, and vertigo. No association was found among having chronic disease and age, gender (p>0.05). CONCLUSIONThe elderly living in nursing home were trained about chronic disease management and drug use. |
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