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Prevalence of polypharmacy in community-dwelling older adults from seven centres in five European countries: a cross-sectional study of DO-HEALTH
- Source :
- BMJ Open, Vol 12, Iss 4 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- BMJ Publishing Group, 2022.
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Abstract
- Objective To investigate the prevalence of polypharmacy and characteristics associated with polypharmacy in older adults from seven European cities.Design Cross-sectional study of baseline data from DO-HEALTH.Setting and participants DO-HEALTH enrolled 2157 community-dwelling adults age 70 and older from seven centres in Europe. Participants were excluded if they had major health problems or Mini-Mental State Examination Score
- Subjects :
- Medicine
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20446055
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- BMJ Open
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.241b6515274d4df88f940d57a375a2fa
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051881