Schulz-Bañares Berta, Cortés-Rodríguez Nayibe, Müller-Ramírez Claudio
BS: QF. Ph. D. Ciencias Naturales. Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Concepción. Concepción, Chile.
NC: MD. Esp. Toxicología Clínica. Centro de Investigación Información y Asesoría en Toxicología Clínica de Boyacá (CitoxBoy). Tunja, Colombia.
Rev Salud Publica (Bogota). 2023 Jul 1;25(4):109435. doi: 10.15446/rsap.V25n4.109435. eCollection 2023 Aug.
The objectives of this work are to mention older adults' vulnerability factors, to identify main causes of poisoning among ibero-american older adults, and to describe accident and poisoning prevention strategies in the elderly.
A theme-based review was carried out. Science Direct , Scopus , Embase, BIREME OPS - OMS data bases were used to search the following words: "Older adults/adulto mayor", "elderly/tercera edad", "poisoning/intoxicación", "overdoses/sobredosis". The search was restricted to published articles from 2000 and cases related to poisonings among older adults (> 60 years old).
There is a need to strengthen a positive ageing model including strategies that handle social risks associated with the identified inequities among older adults. One of the risks that face older adults is intentional or unintentional poisonings related to drugs. Most poisoning prevention strategies focus on children as vulnerable populations in which older adults are included.
Older adult populations are growing at a constant rate therefore poisoning prevention strategies specially designed for this group are needed.
本研究旨在提及老年人的脆弱因素,确定伊比利亚美洲老年人中毒的主要原因,并描述老年人意外事故和中毒的预防策略。
进行了一项基于主题的综述。使用科学Direct、Scopus、Embase、BIREME OPS - OMS数据库搜索以下词汇:“老年人/老年成年人”、“老年人/高龄”、“中毒/中毒”、“过量用药/药物过量”。搜索仅限于2000年以来发表的文章以及与老年人(>60岁)中毒相关的病例。
有必要加强积极老龄化模式,包括应对与老年人中已确定的不平等现象相关的社会风险的策略。老年人面临的风险之一是与药物相关的有意或无意中毒。大多数中毒预防策略将重点放在包括老年人在内的弱势群体儿童身上。
老年人口数量在持续增长,因此需要专门为该群体设计中毒预防策略。