Survey on the prevalence of chronic diseases and the demands of pharmaceutical care in elderly population in china
- Author:
Jian-Xun SUN
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Chronic diseases; Demand; Old people; Pharmaceutical care
- From: Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal 2016;51(2):155-158
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
- Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To understand the prevalence of chronic diseases and the demands of pharmaceutical care in the ederly, and to explore the content and mode of pharmaceutical care for elderly people. METHODS: A questionnaire survey was conducted in 1262 people over 60 years old, and the data were processed by SPSS. RESULTS: Respondents' prevalence rate of chronic diseases was as high as 95.2%, the top three chronic diseases was hypertension, bone hyperplasia/osteoporosis and coronary heart disease. The respondents' cognition and evaluation of pharmacists and pharmaceutical care needed to be improved, their pharmaceutical care needs mainly concentrated in the popularization education of medication particularity, the detailed explanation of drug instructions and the coping measures to common adverse drug reactions; lectures, face-to-face communication, pamphlets were more acceptable for the elderly to carry out pharmaceutical care. CONCLUSION: The health status of the elderly is not optimistic, and they generally have an urgent need for pharmaceutical care. Pharmacists should improve their ability, to carry out various pharmaceutical care to meet the needs of the elderly.
