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Prevalence and Determinants of Antibiotic Consumption in the Elderly during 2006–2017
Elderly people are a particularly important population with regard to antibiotic overuse, using around 50% more antibiotics per capita than younger adults. The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence, associated factors and evolution over time of antibiotic consumption among the Spanish popu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7246950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32384740 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093243 |
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author | Portero de la Cruz, Silvia Cebrino, Jesús |
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description | Elderly people are a particularly important population with regard to antibiotic overuse, using around 50% more antibiotics per capita than younger adults. The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence, associated factors and evolution over time of antibiotic consumption among the Spanish population aged ≥ 65 years from 2006 to 2017. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the Spanish National Health Survey in 2006, 2011/2012 and 2017, and from the European Health Survey in Spain in 2009 and 2014. The sample consisted of 26,891 non-institutionalized individuals ≥ 65 years. Antibiotic consumption was the dependent variable, and sociodemographic variables, lifestyle habits and health status were analyzed using a logistic regression model. The prevalence of antibiotic consumption was 4.94%, with a marked increase from 2006 (4.64%) to 2017 (5.81%) (p < 0.0001). Higher antibiotic consumption was associated with poor or very poor self-perceived health status, no polypharmacy and not having been in hospital during the previous twelve months, while a lower consumption was linked to being limited but not severely due to a health problem and not being at all limited. |
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spelling | pubmed-72469502020-06-02 Prevalence and Determinants of Antibiotic Consumption in the Elderly during 2006–2017 Portero de la Cruz, Silvia Cebrino, Jesús Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Elderly people are a particularly important population with regard to antibiotic overuse, using around 50% more antibiotics per capita than younger adults. The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence, associated factors and evolution over time of antibiotic consumption among the Spanish population aged ≥ 65 years from 2006 to 2017. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using data from the Spanish National Health Survey in 2006, 2011/2012 and 2017, and from the European Health Survey in Spain in 2009 and 2014. The sample consisted of 26,891 non-institutionalized individuals ≥ 65 years. Antibiotic consumption was the dependent variable, and sociodemographic variables, lifestyle habits and health status were analyzed using a logistic regression model. The prevalence of antibiotic consumption was 4.94%, with a marked increase from 2006 (4.64%) to 2017 (5.81%) (p < 0.0001). Higher antibiotic consumption was associated with poor or very poor self-perceived health status, no polypharmacy and not having been in hospital during the previous twelve months, while a lower consumption was linked to being limited but not severely due to a health problem and not being at all limited. MDPI 2020-05-06 2020-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7246950/ /pubmed/32384740 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093243 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Portero de la Cruz, Silvia Cebrino, Jesús Prevalence and Determinants of Antibiotic Consumption in the Elderly during 2006–2017 |
title | Prevalence and Determinants of Antibiotic Consumption in the Elderly during 2006–2017 |
title_full | Prevalence and Determinants of Antibiotic Consumption in the Elderly during 2006–2017 |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and Determinants of Antibiotic Consumption in the Elderly during 2006–2017 |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and Determinants of Antibiotic Consumption in the Elderly during 2006–2017 |
title_short | Prevalence and Determinants of Antibiotic Consumption in the Elderly during 2006–2017 |
title_sort | prevalence and determinants of antibiotic consumption in the elderly during 2006–2017 |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7246950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32384740 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093243 |
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