Association Between Functional Impairment and Medication Burden in Adults with Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether the number of medications taken by adults with heart failure (HF) and impairment in activities of daily living (ADL)-a subpopulation in whom the risks of a high medication burden may outweigh the benefits-differs from the number taken by those without impairment in ADLs.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES; 2003-2014), a cross-sectional survey that produces national estimates of adults in the United States.

Participants

Adults aged 50 and older (mean 70) with self-reported HF (N= 947; representing 4.6 million adults with HF in the United States.

Measurments

We assessed ADL impairment and medication count based on self-report. ADL impairment was defined as having difficul

SUBMITTER: Goyal P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6790071 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature