Calidad de vida y polifarmacia en adultos mayores de una unidad de medicina familiar

Isamar Cristelll Agosto-González; Elizabeth Gallegos-Tosca; Herenia del Carmen  Padrón-Sánchez

doi:10.19136/hs.a23n2.5856

Authors

Isamar Cristelll Agosto-González Mexican Social Security Institute https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5989-9629
Elizabeth Gallegos-Tosca Mexican Social Security Institute https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8147-6885
Herenia del Carmen Padrón-Sánchez Mexican Social Security Institute https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9942-8979

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a23n2.5856

Abstract

Objective: To relate the quality of life and the use of polypharmacy in elderly patients in the Family Medicine Unit No. 45 at Cárdenas, Tabasco.

Material and Methods: Quantitative, observational, analytical, cross-sectional, and prospective study, which covered from March to June 2023 the Family Medicine Unit No. 45 IMSS at Cárdenas, Tabasco, where 367 patients, aged 60 year or over, were included. A validated instrument, the WHO WHOQOL-OLD questionnaire, which is an adaptation of the Whoqol-100 questionnaire and the Whoqol-Bref, which evaluates the quality of life in older persons, was applied with prior signing of informed consent. A descriptive analysis was used: frequency distribution, measures of central tendency, for the association of variables, inferential method: Pearson's p (Chi 2), in the SPSS version 21 software.

Results: It was found that among the 367 patients there is a predominance of sex, 229 are women (62.39%) and 138 are men (37.61%). There is a high prevalence of chronic-degenerative diseases 56.1% (n=206). Regarding polypharmacy, 41.4% (n=152) do not use it and 58.6% (n=215) do use it. A connection with a P person of = 0.001 was found regarding the level of quality of life, older patients who use polypharmacy have a moderately good perception of quality compared to those who do not use polypharmacy who have a good perception of quality of life.

Conclusions: The use of polypharmacy in the elderly is frequent and this generates an impact on their quality of life, since most of them are carriers of chronic-degenerative diseases.

Keywords: Older persons; Quality of life; Polypharmacy.

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Author Biographies

Isamar Cristelll Agosto-González, Mexican Social Security Institute

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Third-year resident physician specializing in Family Medicine.
Elizabeth Gallegos-Tosca, Mexican Social Security Institute

Master of Science in Education. Family Physician. Clinical Coordinator of Health Education and Research at the Mexican Social Security Institute, Family Medicine Unit 45, Cárdenas, Tabasco. Visiting Professor of Postgraduate Studies at the Academic Division of Health Sciences at the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Active member of the College of Family Physicians of Tabasco A.C.
Herenia del Carmen Padrón-Sánchez, Mexican Social Security Institute

Family Physician at the Mexican Social Security Institute in the Family Medical Unit 45 in Cárdenas, Tabasco. Postgraduate Research Professor of the Academic Division of Health Sciences at the Autonomous Juárez University of Tabasco. Full Professor of the Family Medicine Specialty. Member of the Ethics and Research Committee. Active member of the College of Family Physicians of Tabasco A.C.