How does polypharmacy impact on the quality of life of older people in New Zealand?

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How does polypharmacy impact on the quality of life of older people in New Zealand?

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The ageing population is increasing all over the world and people are living longer with multiple diseases thanks to the development of pharmaceuticals and other health care facilities. Older people who suffer from multiple diseases require multiple medications to control the severity of the disease. Polypharmacy can lead to the occurrence of adverse outcomes with prolonged usage. In New Zealand, many older people live with multiple diseases and they require multiple medications to control th...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2020

Creator

Weerasinghe Mudiyanselage, Nadeeka Priyadarshani Weerasinghe

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10652/5354

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New Zealand / older people / polypharmacy / quality of life / multiple medications / multiple diseases / drug burden / drug-drug interaction / potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) / Likert Scale / side effects / surveys / Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified / Geriatrics and Gerontology

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