Use Of Medications Is Strongly Associated With Worse Self-Perceived Health In Institutionalized And Community-Dwelling Elderly

• Main Authors: Fernanda Nascimento Costa (Author), Liciana Vaz de Arruda Silveira (Author), Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate self-perceived health among a sample of institutionalized and a sample of communitydwelling elderly in two cities of the São Paulo State, Brazil: Bauru and Botucatu. METHODS: Ninety-five elderly individuals from ten long-term care homes from Bauru, SP and...