Moss Lynda, Crane Patricia B
Moses Cone Health System, Greensboro, NC, USA.
J Women Aging. 2010;22(1):22-33. doi: 10.1080/08952840903488948.
The aims of the study were to: (a) examine the number, absolute volume, and type of daily medications older women were taking 6 to 12 months post-myocardial infarction (MI); (b) describe the financial burden of cardiac medications; and (c) examine the relationship of age, education, and income to the number of medications. An analysis of a cross-sectional descriptive study of women >or= 65 years of age who were post-MI was used. Most (89%; N = 83) were taking at least one cardiac medication, costs per day varied ($0.13-$6.75), and total number of pills taken per day was 1 to 19. Age, education, and income did not explain the number of medications. Consideration of the financial burden of medications is important to increase compliance and foster secondary prevention in older women.
(a) 调查老年女性在心肌梗死 (MI) 后6至12个月服用的日常药物的数量、绝对剂量和类型;(b) 描述心脏药物的经济负担;(c) 研究年龄、教育程度和收入与药物数量之间的关系。采用了对年龄≥65岁的心肌梗死后女性进行的横断面描述性研究分析。大多数 (89%;N = 83) 女性至少服用一种心脏药物,每天的费用各不相同(0.13美元至6.75美元),每天服用的药丸总数为1至19颗。年龄、教育程度和收入并不能解释药物数量。考虑药物的经济负担对于提高老年女性的依从性和促进二级预防很重要。