The Impact of Medication Use and Medical Morbidity on Symptom Burden in Older Patients
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Summary
The findings of this study suggest that the number of medical morbidities has a stronger negative impact on symptom burden than thenumber of medications used, and physicians should focus on the treatment and alleviations of symptoms associated with medical morbidity.
- Type
- dissertation
- Published
- 2010-01-01
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- 0
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Keywords
Medicine, Quality of life (healthcare), Geriatrics, Polypharmacy, Cross-sectional study
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