作者: Sophie Lochner , Wilhelm Kirch , Christoph Schindler
DOI: 10.1007/S00228-011-1195-0
关键词: Cross-sectional study 、 MEDLINE 、 Retrospective cohort study 、 Medicine 、 Pharmacotherapy 、 Pharmacoepidemiology 、 Comorbidity 、 Blood pressure 、 Gerontology 、 Population 、 Intensive care medicine
摘要: The purpose of this study was to investigate the adequacy hypertension management in hypertensive elderly living long-term-care facilities compared with home-living elderly. This retrospective, cross-sectional, pharmacoepidemiological data from a community-dwelling population (CD) and four nursing homes (NH) Dresden, Germany. Individuals aged ≥65 diagnosis arterial were included. Demographical, medical, drug prescription as well blood pressure (BP) values analyzed descriptively after matching populations by age gender. Each comprised 209 patients (mean 80.4 years [±6], 70.3% women). NH showed higher number diseases [7 (5–9) vs. 5 (3–7); p CD), there is an extended need for professional medication assessment both groups