Depending on developing health technologies, medications, and preventive medicine
practices, life expectancy is gradually increasing, and the world population is getting older …

Although its definition has not been fully accepted, polypharmacy at advanced age appears
as a significant worldwide problem in terms of both elderly health and general health …

Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Ankara
20. yüzyılda doğum ve ölüm hızlarında görülen dramatik değişiklikler, 21. yüzyıl boyunca …

Objective: The term" polypharmacy" is defined as the usage of multiple medications or more
medications than are clinically indicated. Older people tend to have several chronic …

Results: The average number of different drugs possessed by the subjects at home was
approximately 6 (5.95±4.30). A total of 64.9% of the drugs were used regularly, 21.3% were …

Introduction: Increased rates of increase in the elderly population, chronic illnesses and
drugs usage are inevitable, making polypharmacy more frequent in older adults. Our study …

Polypharmacy can be a significant health hazard when used inappropriately. Among the
various age groups, polypharmacy is a significant issue among elderly. Among elderly …

WHEN ONE SPEAKS of drug abuse among the elderly, one rarely refers to the abuse of
illicit drugs. While alcoholism (a real problem) and use of illicit drugs by the elderly does …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the polypharmacy issue and its
correlations with socioeconomic variables in Turkish elderly patients. DESIGN: Cross …

Materials and Methods: The electronic prescriptions ordered by family physicians across
Turkey for geriatric patients (≥ 65 years) in the Prescription Information System during 2018 …