[Medicine adhesion in eldery people in an ambulatorial attendance]. / Adesão medicamentosa em idosos em seguimento ambulatorial.

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the elderly drug adhesion in an outpatient geriatric service linked to the State University Hospital of Campinas (São Paulo, Brazil) as well as to identify the related events to this adhesion. One hundred sixty five elders were submitted to an interview. It was used an instrument to collect information about the patients' identification, besides the self-reported state of health and drug utilization. The data were evaluated through the descriptive and comparative analysis. They showed that most of the elderly (88.5%) have confirmed the drug adhesion and among them 91.1% were living with company. The elderly who were living alone presented three-time more chance of non-adhesion to the drug therapy (OR: 3.655). Those that have referred drug side effects presented seven-time more chance of non-adhesion (OR: 7.092). The associated events which better predict the drug non-adhesion were: "living alone" (OR: 4.346) and "side effects" (OR: 8.219).

Adesão medicamentosa em idosos em seguimento ambulatorial / Medicine adeshion in eldery people in an ambulatorial attendance

Este estudo objetivou avaliar a adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso em idosos em seguimento ambulatorial e identificar os fatores relacionados a esta adesão. Foram entrevistados 165 idosos em seguimento ambulatorial no Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), São Paulo. Utilizou-se instrumento próprio, com informações relativas à identificação dos sujeitos, dados de saúde autorreferidos e relativos à terapêutica medicamentosa. Os dados foram submetidos às análises descritiva e de comparação. A maioria dos idosos revelou adesão ao tratamento (88,5 por cento), dentre os quais 91,1 por cento moravam acompanhados. Os idosos que moravam sozinhos apresentaram três vezes mais chances de não aderência ao tratamento (OR: 3,655). Os efeitos colaterais dos medicamentos mostraram sete vezes mais chances de não aderência (OR: 7,092). Os fatores combinados que apresentaram maior chance de predizer a não adesão à terapêutica foram "mora sozinho" (OR: 4,346) e "efeitos colaterais" (OR: 8,219).

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the elderly drug adhesion in an outpatient geriatric service linked to the State University Hospital of Campinas (São Paulo, Brazil) as well as to identify the related events to this adhesion. One hundred sixty five elders were submitted to an interview. It was used an instrument to collect information about the patients' identification, besides the self-reported state of health and drug utilization. The data were evaluated through the descriptive and comparative analysis. They showed that most of the elderly (88.5 percent) have confirmed the drug adhesion and among them 91.1 percent were living with company. The elderly who were living alone presented three-time more chance of non-adhesion to the drug therapy (OR: 3.655). Those that have referred drug side effects presented seven-time more chance of non-adhesion (OR: 7.092). The associated events which better predict the drug non-adhesion were: "living alone" (OR: 4.346) and "side effects" (OR: 8.219).