title: [Analysis of the consumption of drugs in the elderly and its relationship with chronic disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine chronic disease diagnosed at the population and their influence on the use of drugs among noninstitutionalized elderly.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross sectional study using a standardized questionnaire to people over 65 do not institutionalized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The elderly population suffers an average of 1.91 chronic illnesses. The 38.65% had no disease, 40.40% have any, have 12.72% 7.98% two one suffers three or more. Drug use varies by age (higher in older age) and sex (higher in women). The average number of medications taken per day is 2.58 and the most consumed are hypotensive (56.6%), drugs for headache, leg or foot (37.7%), tranquilizers, soothing (36%) diabetes (25.7%), cholesterol (22.9%), and cardiovascular diseases (20.7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a positive relationship between drugs consumed and chronic diseases that have the elderly.
authors: Departamento de Enfermeria, Universidad de Extremadura. info@salvadorpostigo.com
authors: Salvador
authors: S
authors: Postigo Mota
authors: Inés
authors: I
authors: Casado Verdejo
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Muñoz Bermejo
authors: Francisco
authors: F
authors: De Llanos Peña
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004363:Drug Utilization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019338:Polypharmacy