@article{ref1,
title="Adherence and barriers to drug therapy: relationship with the risk of falls in older adults",
journal="Texto e contexto enfermagem",
year="2022",
author="Soares, Cristiane Regina and Fukujima, Marcia Maiumi and Costa, Paula Cristina Pereira da and Neves, Vanessa Ribeiro and Rosa, Anderson da Silva and Okuno, Meiry Fernanda Pinto",
volume="31",
number="",
pages="-",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: to verify the association of adherence and barriers to drug therapy with the risk of falls and the sociodemographic, clinical and economic variables. <br><br>METHOD: a cross-sectional study, carried out with 117 aged individuals in a Medical Clinic of Specialties for Older Adults in the Southeast region of the city of São Paulo (SP), from March to November 2019. The following scales were applied: Downton Fall Risk, Morisky-Green Test and Brief Medication Questionnaire. Logistic regression was use to verify the association between adherence to the treatment and types of barriers to adherence and the risk of falls. A 5% significance level was used. <br><br>RESULTS: the older adults with low adherence to the drug treatment presented 5.57 times more chances of having a high risk of falling when compared to those with greater adherence, and those with a barrier in the recall domain had 22.75 times more chances of having a high risk of falling, in relation to the aged individuals without barriers in the recall domain. <br><br>CONCLUSION: low and average adherence to drug therapy and the barrier related to the recall domain were associated with high risk of falls in the older adults.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0104-0707",
doi="10.1590/1980-265X-TCE-2020-0552",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-265X-TCE-2020-0552"
}