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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0864-2125</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2125</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[ECIMED]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0864-21252019000400010</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Caracterización del consumo de medicamentos en el adulto mayor]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Characterization of medicine consumption by the elderly]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gort Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Magaly]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guzmán Carballo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Niurka María]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mesa Trujillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daisy]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Miranda Jerez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pablo Alberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Espinosa Ferro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yairelys]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Sede Universitaria Municipal Ciencias Médicas Sectorial Municipal de Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Los Palacios. Pinar del Río ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Balneario San Diego de los Baños  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pinar del Río ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Policlínico "Isabel Rubio Díaz"  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pinar del Río ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Policlínico "Elena Fernández Castro"  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Pinar del Río ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>35</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21252019000400010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21252019000400010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21252019000400010&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La polifarmacia está considerada como un indicador de fragilidad en el adulto mayor.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar el consumo de medicamentos en adultos mayores.  Métodos:  Investigación cuantitativa descriptiva y transversal en el consultorio médico de la familia 7 de San Diego de los Baños durante el 2018, que cumplieron criterios de inclusión y de exclusión. El universo fue de 280 ancianos y la muestra de 265. Los datos se obtuvieron de las historias clínicas y de encuestas; las variables investigadas fueron: edad, sexo, polifarmacia, medicamentos prescritos o no y reacciones adversas. Se utilizaron frecuencia absoluta y relativa porcentual.  Resultados:  Predominaron el sexo masculino (52,0 %), las edades 60 - 69 años (46,7 %), la osteoartritis (54,0 %) e hipertensión arterial (32,0 %). La polifarmacia se presentó en 67,9 % de los ancianos; 19,6 % tuvo reacciones adversas que predominaron en los medicamentos prescritos.  Conclusiones:  El consumo de medicamentos en los ancianos se caracterizó por un incremento de la polifarmacia y medicamentos prescritos, asociado a un conjunto de reacciones adversas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Polypharmacy is considered to be an indicator of frailty in advanced age.  Objective:  Characterize medicine consumption by the elderly.  Methods:  A quantitative cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at family consultation office No. 7 in San Diego de los Baños during the year 2018. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were complied with. The study universe was 280 elderly people of whom a sample of 265 was selected. Data were obtained from medical records and surveys. The variables analyzed were age, sex, polypharmacy, prescription and over-the-counter drugs, and adverse reactions. Use was made of absolute frequency and relative percentage distribution.  Results:  A predominance was found of the male sex (52.0%), the 60-69 age group (46.7%), osteoarthritis (54.0%) and hypertension (32.0%). Polypharmacy was present in 67.9% of the elderly subjects, and 19.6% had had adverse reactions mainly caused by prescription drugs.  Conclusions:  Medicine consumption by the elderly was characterized by an increase in polypharmacy and prescription drugs, associated to a number of adverse reactions.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[elderly person]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[polypharmacy]]></kwd>
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