Inappropriate drug use and health-related quality of life among the elderly patients a ending the Family Medicine clinic of a tertiary hospital in south-western Nigeria.
Background and Aim: There is a high incidence of multiple morbidities, the tendency to take many drugs at a time, the use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM), the use of over-the-counter medications (OTC's) and doctor-shopping among the elderly. This research studied inappropriate d...
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| author | Akintayo O. Familusi Ibrahim S. Bello Olanrewaju O. Oyegbade Oladipupo O. Fakoya Waheed O. Ismail |
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Background and Aim: There is a high incidence of multiple morbidities, the tendency to take many drugs at a time, the use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM), the use of over-the-counter medications (OTC's) and doctor-shopping among the elderly. This research studied inappropriate drug use (IDU) pa erns and their relationship with the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in elderly patients.
Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of 322 elderly patients a ending the Family Medicine clinic of a tertiary hospital. The patients were recruited using a systematic sampling method, and their data was obtained using a structured questionnaire that incorporated Beer's criteria and SF 36 questions.
Results: The respondents' prevalence of IDU was high (n=284; 88.20%). The frequency of engagement in polypharmacy, the use of OTC drugs, and PIM among the respondents were 177(55%), 137 (42.5%), and 164 (50.9%), respectively. The overall HRQoL of the respondents was found to be good (>50 scores) in seven out of eight domains. The majority of the respondents who had poor HRQoL (n=81; 89.0%) were observed to also engage in IDU. However, the rela onship was not sta s cally significant (X2 = 0.080, p = 0.777).
Conclusion and recommendation: A regular medication review by a ending physicians and educating elderly patients and their caregivers on appropriate drug use is recommended.
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| spelling | doaj-art-a9d7f462ef254daeb3b57fc3158718df2025-08-20T03:59:25ZengFaculty of Family Medicine, National Postgraduate Medical College NigeriaNigerian Frontline Medicine Journal2636-64872354-33102024-09-01127Inappropriate drug use and health-related quality of life among the elderly patients a ending the Family Medicine clinic of a tertiary hospital in south-western Nigeria.Akintayo O. Familusi0Ibrahim S. Bello1Olanrewaju O. Oyegbade2Oladipupo O. Fakoya3Waheed O. Ismail4Ijeshaland Geriatrics Centre, Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria.Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. Ijeshaland Geriatrics Centre, Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria.Ijeshaland Geriatrics Centre, Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria. Background and Aim: There is a high incidence of multiple morbidities, the tendency to take many drugs at a time, the use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM), the use of over-the-counter medications (OTC's) and doctor-shopping among the elderly. This research studied inappropriate drug use (IDU) pa erns and their relationship with the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in elderly patients. Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of 322 elderly patients a ending the Family Medicine clinic of a tertiary hospital. The patients were recruited using a systematic sampling method, and their data was obtained using a structured questionnaire that incorporated Beer's criteria and SF 36 questions. Results: The respondents' prevalence of IDU was high (n=284; 88.20%). The frequency of engagement in polypharmacy, the use of OTC drugs, and PIM among the respondents were 177(55%), 137 (42.5%), and 164 (50.9%), respectively. The overall HRQoL of the respondents was found to be good (>50 scores) in seven out of eight domains. The majority of the respondents who had poor HRQoL (n=81; 89.0%) were observed to also engage in IDU. However, the rela onship was not sta s cally significant (X2 = 0.080, p = 0.777). Conclusion and recommendation: A regular medication review by a ending physicians and educating elderly patients and their caregivers on appropriate drug use is recommended. http://nfmjournal.org/index.php/nfmj/article/view/7Inappropriate drug useHealth-related quality of lifeElderlySF-36Beer's criteria |
| spellingShingle | Akintayo O. Familusi Ibrahim S. Bello Olanrewaju O. Oyegbade Oladipupo O. Fakoya Waheed O. Ismail Inappropriate drug use and health-related quality of life among the elderly patients a ending the Family Medicine clinic of a tertiary hospital in south-western Nigeria. Nigerian Frontline Medicine Journal Inappropriate drug use Health-related quality of life ElderlySF-36 Beer's criteria |
| title | Inappropriate drug use and health-related quality of life among the elderly patients a ending the Family Medicine clinic of a tertiary hospital in south-western Nigeria. |
| title_full | Inappropriate drug use and health-related quality of life among the elderly patients a ending the Family Medicine clinic of a tertiary hospital in south-western Nigeria. |
| title_fullStr | Inappropriate drug use and health-related quality of life among the elderly patients a ending the Family Medicine clinic of a tertiary hospital in south-western Nigeria. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inappropriate drug use and health-related quality of life among the elderly patients a ending the Family Medicine clinic of a tertiary hospital in south-western Nigeria. |
| title_short | Inappropriate drug use and health-related quality of life among the elderly patients a ending the Family Medicine clinic of a tertiary hospital in south-western Nigeria. |
| title_sort | inappropriate drug use and health related quality of life among the elderly patients a ending the family medicine clinic of a tertiary hospital in south western nigeria |
| topic | Inappropriate drug use Health-related quality of life ElderlySF-36 Beer's criteria |
| url | http://nfmjournal.org/index.php/nfmj/article/view/7 |
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