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dc.contributor.authorStankuniene, Aurima
dc.contributor.authorStankunas, Mindaugas
dc.contributor.authorSoares, Joaquim JF
dc.contributor.authorAvery, Mark
dc.contributor.authorMelchiorre, M Gabriella
dc.contributor.authorTorres-Gonzalez, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorRadziunas, Raimondas
dc.contributor.authorBaranauskas, Algirdas
dc.contributor.authorLindert, Jutta
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-09T23:56:40Z
dc.date.available2017-08-09T23:56:40Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-03-24T22:58:10Z
dc.identifier.issn2008-2231
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/2008-2231-20-78
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/49757
dc.description.abstractBackground: The use of medicines by elderly people is a growing area of concern in social pharmacy. A significant proportion of older people do not follow the recommendations from physicians and refrain from buying prescribed medications. The aim of this study is to evaluate associations between self-rated health, somatic complaints and refraining from buying prescribed medications by elderly people. Findings: Data was collected in a cross-sectional study in 2009. We received 624 completed questionnaires (response rate - 48.9%) from persons aged 60-84 years living in Kaunas (Lithuania). Somatic complaints were measured with the 24 item version of the Giessen Complaint List (GBB-24). Logistic regression (Enter model) was used for evaluation of the associations between refraining from buying medications and somatic complaints. These associations were measured using odds ratio (OR) and calculating the 95% confidence interval (CI). The mean scores in total for the GBB scale and sub-scales (exhaustion, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular) were lowest among respondents who did not refrain from buying prescribed medications (means for GBB-24 scale: 21.04 vs. 24.82; p=0.001). Logistic regression suggests that somatic complaints were associated with a increased risk of refraining from buying prescribed medications (OR=1.35, 95% CI=1.15-1.60). Conclusions: Somatic complaints were significantly associated with the decision to refrain from buying prescribed medications.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom78-1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto78-6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalDARU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
dc.relation.ispartofvolume20
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth care administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3214
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420306
dc.titleSomatic complaints and refrain from buying prescribed medications. Results from a cross-sectional study on people 60 years and older living in Kaunas (Lithuania)
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
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gro.rights.copyright© Stankuniene et al. 2012. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
gro.date.issued2012
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gro.griffith.authorAvery, Mark


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