Drug Trials for Older People
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Drug Prescription Patterns in Older People Residential Homes
Objectives: Compared to other age groups, older people, especially frail older people residing in nursing homes use medications more due to the higher prevalence of chronic diseases. This study aimed to investigate prescription patterns for older people in nursing homes of Tehran in 2011. Methods & Materials: In this cross-sectional study, the data of 170 older people, sampled random cluster...
متن کاملDesigning clinical trials in older people.
Adequate medical care of the increasingly ageing population requires robust clinical trial data both to inform treatment decisions, and to understand the natural history of diseases which primarily affect the elderly. However, this information is widely lacking, which is likely to have significant clinical consequences. Under-representation of older people in clinical trials is well documented,...
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Elderly patients are at greater risk for adverse drug effects than younger people. Advanced age, use of multiple medications, coexisting conditions, low body weight and being a woman have all been proposed as factors in this difference. Because most adverse effects are related to dose, conventional wisdom holds that drug therapy should be initiated at low doses. However, clinicians face several...
متن کاملDrug Perscription Patterns of Out Patient Medication for Older People Insured by Social Organization Insurance in Year 2009
Objectives: Life expectancy and adolescents’ increment, as a threat or opportunity attracted researchers’ attention. Studies show an increase in treatment expenditures and adults care needs in comparison to other age groups. The goal of this study has been evaluating of medicine prescription in Iranian SSO insured adolescents and comparison in adolescence groups. Methods & Materials: It has ...
متن کاملDrug Pattern Consumption Among People Of 55 Years Age and Older in Tehran
Objectives: The elderly population in Iran is increasing and they likely use more drugs than any other age groups. The older adults are often suffered from chronic conditions that may require long-term medical treatment, and likely involve multiple drug therapies and may consume up to four times as many defined daily doses as the rest of the population. Therefore we examined the drug used patte...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1079-5006,1758-535X
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr065