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정서혜 ( Jung Seo-Haye ) - 한국교통대학교
한종숙 ( Han Jong-Suk ) - 충청남도 청양군 백금보건진료소
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was done to investigate the status of drug misuse and abuse in community-dwelling elders.
Methods: The participants in this study were elders who were 65 years or over, and lived in ChungNam province. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.
Results: All of the participants reported taking both prescription and non-prescription drugs, and 78.4% used two or more kinds of drugs. Of the elders, 74.5% reported that they did not receive any education about drug misuse and abuse. The mean score for behaviors related to drug misuse was 8.76.
Conclusions: Results indicate that many elders take medicine frequently, but they do not have any knowledge about drugs and possible side effects. This lack of knowledge might mean that they continue to use and misuse prescription and non-prescription drugs. It is important that elders be provided with precise information about medicines.
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KeyWords
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노인, 약품 오용, 투약
Elderly, Drug Misuse, Prescriptions
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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