Bibliographic citations
Santillán, N., (2024). Factores clínico-epidemiológicos asociados a interacciones farmacológicas que requieren intervención en adultos mayores [Tesis, Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/42851
Santillán, N., Factores clínico-epidemiológicos asociados a interacciones farmacológicas que requieren intervención en adultos mayores [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego; 2024. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12759/42851
@misc{renati/1354418,
title = "Factores clínico-epidemiológicos asociados a interacciones farmacológicas que requieren intervención en adultos mayores",
author = "Santillán Rivera, Naomy Mialhú",
publisher = "Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego",
year = "2024"
}
Establish the clinical and epidemiological factors associated with drug interactions that require intervention in older adults at the La Noria Basic Specialties Hospital during 2021 and 2023. Methodology: An observational, retrospective and analytical case-control investigation was carried out that included 135 participants, in which crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) were calculated for each factor in relation to the presence of drug interactions requiring intervention, using Logistic regression. Results: It was found that polypharmacy (aOR: 3.807; 95% CI: 1.428-10.153; p=0.008), the Charlson index (aOR: 1.676; 95% CI: 1.227-2.290; p<0.001) and psychiatric comorbidity (aOR: 3.149; 95% CI: 1.179-8.408; p=0.022) are significantly associated with drug interactions requiring intervention. However, no such result was found for age (p=0.419), sex (p=0.214), arterial hypertension (p=0.178), diabetes mellitus (0.335), chronic kidney disease (p=0.535), cardiovascular comorbidity (p=0.231), and neurological comorbidity (p=0.086). Conclusions: Polypharmacy, Charlson index, and psychiatric comorbidity are independent factors that increase the risk of drug interaction requiring intervention.
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