Allergy and asthma medication use in home-dwelling U.S. older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the use of allergy and asthma medications in older adults. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of use of these medications in older adults and evaluate predictors of their use.

Methods

Cross-sectional study using data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling, U.S. adults 57 to 85 years (n = 2976) collected in 2005-2006. We determined prevalence of medication use and used logistic regression to evaluate sociodemographic and health factors associated with their use.

Results

Overall prevalence of allergy medication usage was 8.4% (most commonly antihistamines), and prevalence of asthma medication usage was 8.0% (most commonly bronchodilators). Allergy

SUBMITTER: Ajmani GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6057748 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature