MEDICATION MANAGEMENT IN THE ELDERLY AT DISCHARGE

Abstract

Objective: Identify the medication management in the elderly at discharge from a private institution of Monterrey; NL México and the association with age, education, sex and polypharmacy individual characteristics. Method: A descriptive, correlational design was used with a sample of 162 older adults selected through a systematic probability sampling. The MedMaIDE instrument was used. Results: The average number of drugs prescribed was 7 (SD = 3.33), 26.5% of participants had at least one deficiency in the management of their medication. The results were similar for men and women, the deficiencies were associated with age (rs = 0.240; p = 0.001), education (rs = -0.158; p = 0.04), and polypharmacy (rs = 0.370; p =0.001). Conclusion: We found a deficit in the elderly medication. These results should be considered in the development interventions to ensure that the discharge plan includes education for medication management at home.