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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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EIT (Eastern Institute of Technology)
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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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Research paper
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Thesis
Thesis level
Masters
Date created
2020
Creator
Weerasinghe Mudiyanselage, Nadeeka Priyadarshani Weerasinghe
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/5354
Related subjects
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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