title: [Medication among pensioners in homes for the aged and nursing homes].
abstract: The prescribing of drugs was studied in 378 patients living in 12 homes for the aged in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. The mean number of regular drugs was 4.7. Out of a total of 378 patients, more than 8 drugs were prescribed to one out of four and only 13 received no drugs at all. 30% of the prescriptions referred to over-the-counter drugs. Laxatives (10.4%), vitamins (9.0%), and pscychotropics (8.2%) were the three most commonly prescribed classes of drugs. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the most significant predictor of the number of drugs prescribed to a patient is the doctor in charge.
authors.affiliation: Institutt for allmennmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo.
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Rørvik
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Laake
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012044:Regression Analysis
vernacular_title: Medisinering hos pensjonaerer i alders- og sykehjem.