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This study was done to investigate status of polypharmacy and inappropriate medications use of the elderly of in nursing homes. The subjects of this study were 270 elderly people in the nursing homes of G city and K city, In this study, the medications were classified by Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code, polypharmacy was defined as taking medications more than five, and inappropriate medications use were identified by Beers criteria. Data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, t-test and one-way ANOVA. Total number of drug types in this study was the average 6.1±2.6. The subjects with polypharmacy were 193(71.5%), and with inappropriate medications use were 138(51.1%). There was a significant difference in the polypharmacy according to the number of diseases(p<.001) and in the inappropriate medications use according to age(p=.018). Baesd on this study, polypharmacy and inappropriate medications use of elderly people were main problems that need to carefully assess for safe and correct medication usage in nursing home. Therefore, an ongoing medication monitoring system is necessary to minimize the adverse drug reactions of elderly.

목차

 Ⅰ. 서론
 Ⅱ. 연구방법
  1. 연구대상
  2. 자료수집 및 방법
 Ⅲ. 연구결과
  1. 일반적 특성 및 건강관련 특성
  2. 다약제 복용 및 ATC 코드에 의한 약물사용
  3. Beers criteria에 의한 부적절한 약물사용
  4. 제 특성에 따른 다약제 복용과 부적절한 약물사용 정도
 Ⅳ. 고찰 및 결론
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저자

• 김정선 [ Jeong-Sun Kim | 전남대학교 간호대학 ] Corresponding author
• 강숙 [ Sook Kang | 전남과학대학교 간호학과 ]

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• 간행물명

  보건의료산업학회지 [The Korean Journal of Health Service Management]

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  계간

• pISSN

  2093-5986

• 수록기간

  2007~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 517 DDC 613