Prescribing Patterns of Pain Medication in Hospitalized Elderly Patients with Non-Cancer Pain
Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
; : 145-150, 2015.
Article
Dans Ko
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Pain is very common in the elderly, so there is a high prevalence of analgesic use among this population. The purpose of this study was to assess patterns of analgesic use and evaluate factors associated with analgesic use in elderly patients.METHOD:
The subjects of this study were patients over 65 years old hospitalized in a teaching hospital located in Chuncheon-si, Korea between January 1, 2014 and March 31, 2014. Data collection regarding analgesic prescriptions and baseline characteristics was conducted using computerized hospital database by medical information team. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors related to analgesic use.RESULTS:
A total of 2,394 patients were finally included. Among these patients, 700 (29.2%) took analgesics; 521 (74.4%) out of these 700 patients were received opioid analgesics and 179 (25.6%) were received only non-opioid analgesics. The most frequently prescribed opioid analgesic was pethidine (45.7%), and the most frequently prescribed non-opioid analgesic was acetaminophen (44.1%). Fracture was associated with increased odds of opioid analgesic prescriptions (OR = 2.766, 95% CI = 2.019-3.790, p < 0.001) and any analgesic prescriptions (OR = 2.394, 95% CI = 1.766-3.244, p < 0.001). Stroke or cerebral infarction was associated with decreased odds of opioid analgesic prescriptions (OR = 0.636, 95% CI = 0.471-0.858, p = 0.003).CONCLUSION:
A significant proportion of hospitalized elderly patients use analgesics. Health care professionals should consider factors associated with analgesic use in this population to improve pain management.
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Sujet Principal:
Modèles logistiques
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Infarctus cérébral
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Prévalence
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Collecte de données
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Accident vasculaire cérébral
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Prestations des soins de santé
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Ordonnances
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Gestion de la douleur
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Hôpitaux d'enseignement
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Analgésiques
Type d'étude:
Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limites du sujet:
Aged
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Humans
Pays comme sujet:
Asia
langue:
Ko
Texte intégral:
Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
Année:
2015
Type:
Article