December 1, 2007International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Trends in polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions across educational groups in elderly patients in Sweden for the period 1992 2002

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Population

Nationally representative surveys of the elderly population in Sweden aged 77 years and older, including…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

SHSyed Imran HaiderCa' Foscari University of Venice KJKristina JohnellPreventive Cardiology MTMats ThorslundUppsala University

Discussion

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Implication

Supports monitoring for drug interactions in older adults; hypothesis-generating on educational disparities requiring prospective confirmation.

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Population

Nationally representative surveys of the elderly population in Sweden aged 77 years and older, including both community-based and institutionalized persons (n=1,073; SWEOLD I from 1992 n=512, SWEOLD II from 2002 n=561).

Outcome

Drug use, polypharmacy (concurrent use of five or more drugs), and potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs)safety

Polypharmacy and potential drug-drug interactions significantly increased among the Swedish elderly between 1992 and 2002, particularly among less educated women.

Cite This Study

Haider et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a00ef3464548b97a42d95ef https://doi.org/10.5414/cpp45643

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Implication

Supports monitoring for drug interactions in older adults; hypothesis-generating on educational disparities requiring prospective confirmation.