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Título: | Comorbidities and medication intake among people with dementia living in long-term care facilities |
Autor: | Marques, Alda Rocha, Vânia Pinto, Margarida Sousa, Liliana Figueiredo, Daniela |
Palavras-chave: | Comorbidities Long-term care facilities People with dementia Medication |
Data: | 2015 |
Editora: | Elsevier |
Resumo: | Information on comorbidities and medication of people with dementia (PWD) in longterm-facilities (LTF) is scarce. This study analysed type and number of comorbidities and medication of PWD in LTF. A descriptive-study was conducted in 40 LTF, characterising 329 PWD. Socio-demographics, dementia type, comorbidities and medication were collected with International-Classification-of-Functionality-checklist. Cognitive impairment was assessed with Mini-Mental-State-Examination. One or more comorbidities (2.1 ± 1.6) were found in 271 participants. Hypertension, osteoarticular-problems, heart-disease and type-II-diabetes were the frequently comorbidities. 327 participants consumed one or more medicines (7.3 ± 3.2), mainly for cardiovascular system, anxiolytics and antipsychotics. Comorbidities and medication amount was significantly different among cognitive impairment levels. Vascular comorbidities were present in all dementia types. |
Peer review: | yes |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10773/25053 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.rpsp.2014.07.005 |
ISSN: | 0870-9025 |
Aparece nas coleções: | Lab3R - Artigos |
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