Difficulties in the use of medications by elderly people followed up in a cohort study in Southern Brazil.
Marília Cruz GuttierMarysabel Pinto Telis SilveiraNoemia Urruth Leão TavaresMatheus Carrett KrauseRenata Moraes BielemannMaria Cristina GonzálezElaine TomasiFlavio Fernando DemarcoAndrea Dâmaso BertoldiPublished in: Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology (2023)
The need for help to use medications was shown to be influenced by social and economic determinants. Studies assessing the difficulties in medication use by the elderly are important to support policies and practices to improve adherence to treatment and the rational use of medications.