title: [Drug prescriptions of patients treated in a geriatric outpatient ward of a university hospital: a descriptive cross-sectional study].
abstract: The scope of this study was to evaluate drug prescriptions for elderly patients in the geriatric outpatient ward of a hospital. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in a university hospital, with the application of a questionnaire. Patients aged >60 years were interviewed about their drug prescriptions and a total of 208 patients were interviewed. The average number of drugs used per person was 3.8 and the drugs most used were for the cardiovascular system (37%). 406 potential interactions were identified in 140 patients (67.3%), and duplicate therapy was found in two prescriptions. The potentially inappropriate drug most used for the elderly was nifedipine (2.4%). Data from this study support the relevance of the issue of drug use among the elderly, thus reinforcing the importance of the evaluation of the process of the prescription of drugs for this population.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil, vancuentro@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Vanessa da Silva
authors.initials: Vda S
authors.lastname: Cuentro
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil, vancuentro@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Marcieni Ataide de
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Brasília.
authors.forename: Letícia Farias
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Gerlack
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Geriatria e Gerontologia, PUC/RS.
authors.forename: Angelo José Gonçalves
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bós
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brasil, vancuentro@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Marcos Valério Santos da
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário João de Barros Barreto.
authors.forename: Alex Ferreira de
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005853:Geriatrics; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged