title: Monitoring medication.
abstract: A recent study from researchers at Ghent University in Belgium, involving 503 community-based adults aged 80 and over, found that 58% were taking five or more long-term medications daily, but few were taking them appropriately. The underuse of prescribed medication occurred in 67% of those studied and misuse occurred in 56%, with some overlap.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham City University.
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D019338:Polypharmacy; D006113:United Kingdom