title: [A drug prescription study in chronic pathology at a primary care center].
abstract: To evaluate the characteristics of the drug used for the therapy of chronic diseases, 1588 prescriptions from a sample of 549 continued drug prescription forms were evaluated. Every patient had a mean number of 2.9 drugs, 2.14 diagnoses and 1.41 drugs per diagnosis. The patients over 65 years had a higher number of drugs and diagnoses. A smaller number of diagnoses but a higher number of drugs per diagnoses was found for males. The drug subgroups with higher prescription rates were cardiac drugs (12.3%), diuretics (11.2%) and analgesics (9.9%). The most common diagnoses were hypertension and osteoarthritis, with 17.6% and 13.6% of prescriptions, respectively. A high rate of patients receiving vasodilators (12%) and benzodiazepines (14.7%) was found. The usefulness of the continued prescription forms for the control of chronic treatments is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: CAP La Mina, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mata
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Antoja
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ciurana
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de la Figuera
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grifell
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Estudio de la prescripción de fármacos por patologías crónicas en un centro de asistencia primaria.