Drug use prevalence (%) | 94.7 |
Total consumption (n) | 511 |
Female n (%) | 327 (64) |
Male n (%) | 184 (36) |
Medication per elderly (mean; SD) | 4.0 ± 2.3 |
Minimum-maximum number | 1–13 |
Patients who used <5 drugs n (%) | 83 (66.4) |
aPatients who used ≥5 medicines n (% | 42 (33.6) |
Medication present in the Rename 2010 (%) | 62.4 |
Prescription drugs by generic name (%) | 66.1 |
Medication complexity index (mean; SD) | 15.1 ± 9.8 |
Minimum – Maximum | 2–59 |
Potential drug interactions n (mean; SD) | 256 (2.0 ± 3.0) |
Minimum – Maximum | 1–19 |
Potentially inappropriate medications for the elderly n (mean; SD) | 162 (1.3 ± 1.1) |
Minimum – Maximum | 1–5 |
Therapeutic duplicity n (%) | 45 (8.8) |