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Preventive Medication Use among Adults Aged 40 and over in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015–2018

Objectives: 1. To estimate the prevalence of preventive medication use among adults in the United States (US); 2. To identify the socioeconomic, demographic and clinical factors associated with preventive prescription medication use; 3. To identify the diagnoses associated with preventive prescripti...

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Autor principal: Meraya, Abdulkarim M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9602427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36292322
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101875
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description Objectives: 1. To estimate the prevalence of preventive medication use among adults in the United States (US); 2. To identify the socioeconomic, demographic and clinical factors associated with preventive prescription medication use; 3. To identify the diagnoses associated with preventive prescription medication use. Methods: Data from two cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015–2016 and 2017–2018, are analyzed. Results: Among US adults aged 40 years or older (N = 7634), 31% use a preventive medication. Specifically, 27% of them use aspirin and 9% use other preventive prescription medications. Among those who use other preventive prescription medications, 27% report using one of the cardiovascular agents and 24% reported using anticoagulants and/or antiplatelet agents. High percentages of preventive prescription medication users report using medications to prevent heart attacks/myocardial infarctions (25%) or blood clots (23%). Uninsured adults are less likely to use preventive medications (OR: 0.656; p-value = 0.009) as compared with their counterparts with private insurance. On the other hand, older adults and those with diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and hypertension are more likely to use preventive medications. Furthermore, past smokers and adults who never smoked are more likely to use preventive medications as compared with those who currently smoke. Conclusion: Policies are needed to increase access to preventive care for uninsured adults. Further research needs to review the benefits and harms of the chronic use of preventive medication among older adults in the US.
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spelling pubmed-96024272022-10-27 Preventive Medication Use among Adults Aged 40 and over in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015–2018 Meraya, Abdulkarim M. Healthcare (Basel) Article Objectives: 1. To estimate the prevalence of preventive medication use among adults in the United States (US); 2. To identify the socioeconomic, demographic and clinical factors associated with preventive prescription medication use; 3. To identify the diagnoses associated with preventive prescription medication use. Methods: Data from two cycles of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015–2016 and 2017–2018, are analyzed. Results: Among US adults aged 40 years or older (N = 7634), 31% use a preventive medication. Specifically, 27% of them use aspirin and 9% use other preventive prescription medications. Among those who use other preventive prescription medications, 27% report using one of the cardiovascular agents and 24% reported using anticoagulants and/or antiplatelet agents. High percentages of preventive prescription medication users report using medications to prevent heart attacks/myocardial infarctions (25%) or blood clots (23%). Uninsured adults are less likely to use preventive medications (OR: 0.656; p-value = 0.009) as compared with their counterparts with private insurance. On the other hand, older adults and those with diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and hypertension are more likely to use preventive medications. Furthermore, past smokers and adults who never smoked are more likely to use preventive medications as compared with those who currently smoke. Conclusion: Policies are needed to increase access to preventive care for uninsured adults. Further research needs to review the benefits and harms of the chronic use of preventive medication among older adults in the US. MDPI 2022-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9602427/ /pubmed/36292322 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101875 Text en © 2022 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full Preventive Medication Use among Adults Aged 40 and over in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015–2018
title_fullStr Preventive Medication Use among Adults Aged 40 and over in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015–2018
title_full_unstemmed Preventive Medication Use among Adults Aged 40 and over in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015–2018
title_short Preventive Medication Use among Adults Aged 40 and over in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015–2018
title_sort preventive medication use among adults aged 40 and over in the united states: national health and nutrition examination survey, 2015–2018
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9602427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36292322
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10101875
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