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dc.contributor.authorStankuniene, Aurima
dc.contributor.authorStankunas, Mindaugas
dc.contributor.authorAvery, Mark
dc.contributor.authorRadziunas, Raimondas
dc.contributor.authorSoares, Joaquim FJ
dc.contributor.authorMelchiorre, M Gabriella
dc.contributor.authorTorres-Gonzalez, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorBaranauskas, Algirdas
dc.contributor.authorLindert, Jutta
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-09T22:20:00Z
dc.date.available2018-04-09T22:20:00Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-03-30T22:25:05Z
dc.identifier.issn1895-1058
dc.identifier.doi10.2478/s11536-013-0237-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/57451
dc.description.abstractAim To evaluate the associations between socio-economical factors and the use of medications in the elderly. Methods The data was collected in a cross-sectional study in 2009. We received 624 completed questionnaires (response rate - 48.9%) from elderly people aged 60-84 years living in Kaunas (Lithuania). For an evaluation of the impact of explanatory variables on the analyzed events (binary dependent variable), an Enter model of logistic regression was used. Results Our findings suggest that 50.8% (n=317) of respondents used at least one drug daily. 18.3% (n=114) of respondents indicated that they use medications regularly, but not on a day-by-day basis. One quarter (25.6%; n=160) used medication only on an "at need" basis. Only 5.3% (n=33) of older persons did not use any medications at all. Logistic regression showed that being male (OR=0.67; 95%CI:0.45-0.98) was associated with using medications "regularly + daily." For the use of "daily" medications, older age (OR=1.33; 95%CI:1.15-1.53) was associated with using medications daily. An opposite association was observed for respondents having no paid work (OR=0.48; 95%CI:0.26-0.82). Conclusions Our study suggests that more than half of older persons in Lithuania use medications every day. Use was associated with socioeconomic factors (gender, age, and employment status).
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherDe Gruyter Open
dc.publisher.placePoland
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom855
dc.relation.ispartofpageto860
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCentral European Journal of Medicine
dc.relation.ispartofvolume8
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode119999
dc.titleUse of medications amongst older persons in Kaunas, Lithuania
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.date.issued2013
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gro.griffith.authorAvery, Mark


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