title: [Quality of life in the elderly on polymedication and with multiple morbidities].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the values of the quality of life dimensions using the SF-12 questionnaire in the elderly on polymedication and with multiple morbidities, and identify the variables associated with it.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study on a sample of 393 patients selected from the elderly population over 67 years and who took more than 5 drugs. The SF-12 was complemented by a personal interview in the clinic or in the home of the patient. Central tendency, dispersion, and the percentiles of the 8 dimensions were calculated, as well as the SF-36 physical and mental component summary measures (PCS and MCS). All patients below the 25th percentile of the PCS and MCS were classified as patients with a deterioration. Logistic regression was used to determine the variables that were associated with the deterioration in the quality of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  It is a population with high morbidity. The subjects showed very low scores on the general health scales--mean (SD): 25.7 (17.4)-; physical function -32.6 (32.1)-; and PCS: [(37.8 (25.1)]. Women had a worse quality of life than men in all the scales. Female sex, being over 80 years, frequent falls, chronic pain, cancerous disease, and depression, are variables that determine the health-related quality of life (HR-QoL).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This population has a poor HR-QoL, particularly in the physical dimensions. Chronic pain and depression, together with age and being female are variables that determine the deterioration in the HR-QoL.
authors: Gerencia de Atención Primaria, León, España. Electronic address: jnaveiror@saludcastillayleon.es.
authors: José Cesáreo
authors: JC
authors: Naveiro-Rilo
authors: Gerencia de Atención Primaria, León, España.
authors: Dulcinea
authors: D
authors: Diez-Juárez
authors: Gerencia de Atención Primaria, León, España.
authors: M Lourdes
authors: ML
authors: Flores-Zurutuza
authors: Gerencia de Atención Primaria, León, España.
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Javierre Pérez
authors: Gerencia de Atención Primaria, León, España.
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Alberte Pérez
authors: Gerencia de Atención Primaria, León, España.
authors: Ruth
authors: R
authors: Molina Mazo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019338:Polypharmacy; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Anciano polimedicado; Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud; Elderly on polymedication; Health-related quality of life; Multimorbilidad; Multiple morbidity