ADHERENCE AND BARRIERS TO DRUG THERAPY: RELATIONSHIP WITH THE RISK OF FALLS IN OLDER ADULTS

ABSTRACT Objective: to verify the association of adherence and barriers to drug therapy with the risk of falls and the sociodemographic, clinical and economic variables. Method: a cross-sectional study, carried out with 117 aged individuals in a Medical Clinic of Specialties for Older Adults in the Southeast region of the city of São Paulo (SP), from March to November 2019. The following scales were applied: Downton Fall Risk, Morisky-Green Test and Brief Medication Questionnaire. Logistic regression was use to verify the association between adherence to the treatment and types of barriers to adherence and the risk of falls. A 5% significance level was used. Results: the older adults with low adherence to the drug treatment presented 5.57 times more chances of having a high risk of falling when compared to those with greater adherence, and those with a barrier in the recall domain had 22.75 times more chances of having a high risk of falling, in relation to the aged individuals without barriers in the recall domain. Conclusion: low and average adherence to drug therapy and the barrier related to the recall domain were associated with high risk of falls in the older adults.

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Main Authors:	Soares,Cristiane Regina, Fukujima,Marcia Maiumi, Costa,Paula Cristina Pereira da, Neves,Vanessa Ribeiro, Rosa,Anderson da Silva, Okuno,Meiry Fernanda Pinto
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Programa de Pós Graduação em Enfermagem 2022
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-07072022000100306
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