Patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homes
Aim: To identify patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homes in the Northern region of Denmark. Materials & methods: Twenty-five nursing homes were contacted, where each supplied 20 randomly selected anonymized residents’ information. Residents we...
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| author | Jacob Astorp Mimoza Gjela Pernille Jensen Rasmus D Bak Parisa Gazerani |
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| description | Aim: To identify patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homes in the Northern region of Denmark. Materials & methods: Twenty-five nursing homes were contacted, where each supplied 20 randomly selected anonymized residents’ information. Residents were 65 years or older, concurrently taking five or more medications. Drug–drug interactions and potential adverse effects were investigated. Results: One hundred residents (68% females; 32% males) were included. The most prevalent co-morbid condition was cardiovascular disease, and the most prevalent medications were for gastrointestinal- and metabolism-related conditions. Age influenced the number of drugs (p = 0.013) and drug–drug interactions per resident (p = 0.039), with a positive correlation. Conclusion: Elderly residents of the studied nursing homes were potentially affected by an inappropriate polypharmacy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cfeae3d9ff0d45019e3fd4c63ce9ce1d2025-08-20T02:25:50ZengTaylor & Francis GroupFuture Science OA2056-56232020-09-016810.2144/fsoa-2020-0039Patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homesJacob Astorp0Mimoza Gjela1Pernille Jensen2Rasmus D Bak3Parisa Gazerani41Department of Health Science & Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg E, Denmark1Department of Health Science & Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg E, Denmark1Department of Health Science & Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg E, Denmark1Department of Health Science & Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg E, Denmark1Department of Health Science & Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg E, DenmarkAim: To identify patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homes in the Northern region of Denmark. Materials & methods: Twenty-five nursing homes were contacted, where each supplied 20 randomly selected anonymized residents’ information. Residents were 65 years or older, concurrently taking five or more medications. Drug–drug interactions and potential adverse effects were investigated. Results: One hundred residents (68% females; 32% males) were included. The most prevalent co-morbid condition was cardiovascular disease, and the most prevalent medications were for gastrointestinal- and metabolism-related conditions. Age influenced the number of drugs (p = 0.013) and drug–drug interactions per resident (p = 0.039), with a positive correlation. Conclusion: Elderly residents of the studied nursing homes were potentially affected by an inappropriate polypharmacy.https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/fsoa-2020-0039drugdrug–drug interactionelderlymultimorbiditynursing homespolypharmacy |
| spellingShingle | Jacob Astorp Mimoza Gjela Pernille Jensen Rasmus D Bak Parisa Gazerani Patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homes Future Science OA drug drug–drug interaction elderly multimorbidity nursing homes polypharmacy |
| title | Patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homes |
| title_full | Patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homes |
| title_fullStr | Patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homes |
| title_short | Patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in Danish nursing homes |
| title_sort | patterns and characteristics of polypharmacy among elderly residents in danish nursing homes |
| topic | drug drug–drug interaction elderly multimorbidity nursing homes polypharmacy |
| url | https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/fsoa-2020-0039 |
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