Use of medicines by homeless people in Porto, Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Gama, H
Data de Publicação: 2014
Outros Autores: Oliveira, L, Pereira, Mde L, Azevedo, A, Lunet, N
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10216/114931
Resumo: The objective of this study was to describe patterns of medication use among homeless adults from the city of Porto, Portugal. We recruited 146 homeless participants in four social services institutions. Data on the use of medicines in the previous week were collected using face-to-face interviews. We described the prevalence and main correlates of use of medicines from different Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification (ATC) groups. A total of 56.8% of the homeless reported to have used at least one medicine in the previous week. The most frequently reported were benzodiazepines (21.9%) and antipsychotics (15.1%); socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle variables and use of health care were not found to be significantly associated with their use. The prevalence was 1.4% for anti-inflammatory and antirheumatic products, and 6.2% for antihypertensives, diuretics and beta-blocking agents. Medicines pertaining to the nervous system ATC group were by far the most frequently used, while those for the treatment of other common chronic and acute conditions seem to be underused.
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spelling Use of medicines by homeless people in Porto, PortugalHomeless PersonsDrug UtilizationPharmacoepidemiologyThe objective of this study was to describe patterns of medication use among homeless adults from the city of Porto, Portugal. We recruited 146 homeless participants in four social services institutions. Data on the use of medicines in the previous week were collected using face-to-face interviews. We described the prevalence and main correlates of use of medicines from different Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification (ATC) groups. A total of 56.8% of the homeless reported to have used at least one medicine in the previous week. The most frequently reported were benzodiazepines (21.9%) and antipsychotics (15.1%); socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle variables and use of health care were not found to be significantly associated with their use. The prevalence was 1.4% for anti-inflammatory and antirheumatic products, and 6.2% for antihypertensives, diuretics and beta-blocking agents. Medicines pertaining to the nervous system ATC group were by far the most frequently used, while those for the treatment of other common chronic and acute conditions seem to be underused.20142014-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10216/114931eng0102-311X 10.1590/0102-311X00006113Gama, HOliveira, LPereira, Mde LAzevedo, ALunet, Ninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-09-27T09:04:51Zoai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/114931Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-09-27T09:04:51Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Use of medicines by homeless people in Porto, Portugal
spellingShingle Use of medicines by homeless people in Porto, Portugal
Gama, H
Homeless Persons
Drug Utilization
Pharmacoepidemiology
title_short Use of medicines by homeless people in Porto, Portugal
title_full Use of medicines by homeless people in Porto, Portugal
title_fullStr Use of medicines by homeless people in Porto, Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Use of medicines by homeless people in Porto, Portugal
title_sort Use of medicines by homeless people in Porto, Portugal
author Gama, H
author_facet Gama, H
Oliveira, L
Pereira, Mde L
Azevedo, A
Lunet, N
author_role author
author2 Oliveira, L
Pereira, Mde L
Azevedo, A
Lunet, N
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gama, H
Oliveira, L
Pereira, Mde L
Azevedo, A
Lunet, N
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Homeless Persons
Drug Utilization
Pharmacoepidemiology
topic Homeless Persons
Drug Utilization
Pharmacoepidemiology
description The objective of this study was to describe patterns of medication use among homeless adults from the city of Porto, Portugal. We recruited 146 homeless participants in four social services institutions. Data on the use of medicines in the previous week were collected using face-to-face interviews. We described the prevalence and main correlates of use of medicines from different Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification (ATC) groups. A total of 56.8% of the homeless reported to have used at least one medicine in the previous week. The most frequently reported were benzodiazepines (21.9%) and antipsychotics (15.1%); socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle variables and use of health care were not found to be significantly associated with their use. The prevalence was 1.4% for anti-inflammatory and antirheumatic products, and 6.2% for antihypertensives, diuretics and beta-blocking agents. Medicines pertaining to the nervous system ATC group were by far the most frequently used, while those for the treatment of other common chronic and acute conditions seem to be underused.
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