Characteristics of drugs with oral frailty patients among community pharmacy visitors: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the rise in the older population, it has become important to understand the relationship between oral frailty and drug use to consider appropriate medical interventions and drug use for older persons.

Objective

To clarify the relationship among oral frailty, drug use, and other patient backgrounds and to identify relevant factors using information from patient questionnaires and pharmacy medication history records.

Methods

This cross-sectional study involved community-dwelling older adults. Older adults aged ≥ 65 years who visited 44 pharmacies in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, with their prescriptions between July 1 and September 10, 2021, and who were able to complete the questionnaire independently were eligible for the study. An oral Frailty Index-8 sc

SUBMITTER: Maeda-Minami A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11660500 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature