Estimativa dos hábitos alimentares e do uso de medicamentos : idosos residentes em uma instituição de longa permanência do estado de Sergipe - SE

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Aline Almeida Santana de
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/6737
• topic: Farmácia; Ensino de famacologia; Idoso; Nutrição de idosos; Drugstore; Teaching of famacology; Old man; Nutrition of the elderly; CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::FARMACOLOGIA::FARMACOLOGIA CLINICA

The present study proposes to estimate the food profile and the use of drugs of the elderly living in a long - stay institution in the state of Sergipe - SE. In this way this study is observational, descriptive with a cross - sectional design performed with all the elderly of the institution. For this purpose, a semi-structured questionnaire was used as a data collection instrument, which was applied to the elderly with verbal comprehension and communication skills and with preserved cognitive functions. The data were collected through medical records and authorization from the institution. The collection was carried out in the second half of 2016 and in the first half of 2017 and involved 73 elderly people, 56.16% female and 43.8% male. It was observed that patients ingest large quantities of milk and milk products, as well as breads and cereals, which can lead to a low absorption of vitamins. These eating habits in turn reflect on the body mass index (BMI) of the elderly. When 34% of the women and 47.2% of the men had an overweight index and 6% of the men and 17% of the women presented Obeso I. It was also found according to the classification made according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Code (ATC) that 27, 92% of the elderly use drugs for the Central Nervous System (CNS) and 23.13% for the cardiovascular system. In this context, it was noticed that the elderly people assisted in the majority have an adequate nutritional state and make use of prescription drugs. However, the presence of a pharmacist is important in the health team of the institution, because within any and every health treatment of patients the pharmacist is fundamental in the care for them.