title: [Evaluation of pharmacotherapy prescribed to institutionalized elderly].
abstract: Cross-sectional study, quantitative, descriptive and exploratory research, which aimed to evaluate the profile and quality of pharmacotherapy prescribed to elderly residents in long-stay institutions located in Londrina-PR. The population consisted of 203 elderly patients with predominantly female, mean aged 76.4 years. It was found that 97.0% of the population used one drug. One hundred and fifty one different active ingredients were prescribed, with an average of 5.3 per elderly. From all of the individuals surveyed, 59.9% were subjected to polypharmacy. It was identified 359 possible drug interactions, and 58.1% of the elderly were exposed to these events. It was found that was prescribed at least one drug of improper category to 58.1% of the elderly who were using drugs.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Curso de Enfermagem (Graduanda), Londrina-PR, Brasil. fransmanioto@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Francieli Nogueira
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Smanioto
authors.forename: Maria do Carmo Lourenço
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Haddad
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged