1981
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.1981.10524300
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Psychoactive Drug Use and Potential Misuse Among Persons Aged 55 Years and Older

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“…Among seniors, women tend to use more psychotropic drugs than do men. This is a consistent finding throughout most surveys whether American (Parry, Baiter, Mellinger, Cisin, & Manheimer, 1973;Stephens, Haney, & Underwood, 1981), British (Dunbar, Perera, & Jenner, 1989;Murray, Dunn, Williams, & Tarnapolski, 1981) or Canadian (Smart & Adlaf, 1988). A national Canadian survey (Canada Health Survey, 1981) indicated that 20 per cent of elderly female respondents and 10.4 per cent of male respondents reported such use during the two days preceding the interview (as compared with 6% of females and 4% of males aged 15 to 64).…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 60%
“…Among seniors, women tend to use more psychotropic drugs than do men. This is a consistent finding throughout most surveys whether American (Parry, Baiter, Mellinger, Cisin, & Manheimer, 1973;Stephens, Haney, & Underwood, 1981), British (Dunbar, Perera, & Jenner, 1989;Murray, Dunn, Williams, & Tarnapolski, 1981) or Canadian (Smart & Adlaf, 1988). A national Canadian survey (Canada Health Survey, 1981) indicated that 20 per cent of elderly female respondents and 10.4 per cent of male respondents reported such use during the two days preceding the interview (as compared with 6% of females and 4% of males aged 15 to 64).…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 60%
“…National and regional surveys carried out in Canada during the past decade (Adlaf, Smart, & Canale, 1991;Adlaf, Smart, & Jansen, 1989;Health & Welfare Canada, 1988;Health & Welfare Canada and Statistics Canada, 1981;Lexchin, 1989;Miller, 1988;Statistics Canada, 1987) have found that alcohol and tobacco use among older women is lower than for other age-gender groups while use of prescription drugs tends to be highest among older peopie generally, and women in particular. These trends have also been evident in the United States (Hilton, 1988a;Robbins & Clayton, 1989;Stephens, Haney, & Underwood, 1981;Whittington, Petersen, Dale, & Dressel, 1981).…”
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confidence: 80%
“…First, it is clear that misuse is widespread; 48% of the sample misused drugs at least once over the course of 16 assessment occasions. Stephens et al (1981), who studied misuse of psychoactive drugs (adherence to directions and inappropriate over-and underuse) in a random sample of adults 55 years of age and older, found that the less affluent were more likely to be misusers than were the more affluent. The present sample was affluent and well educated, and misuse was conservatively estimated.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Glantz, 1981). Studies addressing the misuse of drugs in elderly persons have focused primarily on a single form of misuse, such as lack of compliance with prescribed drug regimens (e.g., Stephens, Haney, & Underwood, 1981; Stewart & Cluff, 1972) or drug interactions (e.g., Petersen & Thomas, 1975); an exception is a study byRaffoul, Cooper, and Love (1981). Second, misuse encompasses all over-the-counter and prescribed drugs and alcohol, not just psychoactive drugs.…”
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confidence: 99%