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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 2174 Elderly and Their Medicines, 1984 217410.5255/UKDA-SN-2174-1 Smith, C., Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care Cartwright, A., Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care No information recorded Department of Health and Social Security UK Data Service 06 July 1987 AGEALCOHOL USEAPPOINTMENTSATTITUDESCARE IN THE COMMUNITYCARE OF THE ELDERLYCHILDRENDEPRESSIONDRIVINGDRUG USEELDERLYFAMILIESGENDERGENERAL PRACTITIONERSHEALTHHEALTH CONSULTATIONSHOME HELPHOME VISITSHOUSEHOLDSHOUSEWORKHOUSINGHOUSING TENUREINFORMATION SOURCESMARITAL STATUSMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMSMEDICAL PRACTICESMEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONSMEMORYMOTOR PROCESSESPACKAGINGPAINPATIENTSPHYSICAL DISABILITIESPHYSICIANSPROFESSIONAL CONSULTATIONSSHELTERED HOUSINGSOCIAL SUPPORTSOCIAL WORKERSSYMPTOMSTELEPHONES Specific social services: use and availabilityHealth care services and policiesGeneral health and well-beingElderly <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>To examine the medicine-taking habits of a representative sample of elderly people from the viewpoint of these elderly people and of the main prescribers of these medicines, their general practitioners<B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>The elderly people's health, their views and experiences of their general practitioners and the prescribed or non-prescribed medicines they take or use; their general views about medicine-taking and pharmacists' assessments of the medicines that they do take; the views and experiences of general practitioners on prescribing for the elderly and their knowledge of particular patients; elderly people's contacts with hospitals and their helpers and supporters; medicines that elderly people hoard.<br> Measurement Scales<br> Nottingham Health Profile; Isaacs and Walkey's Mental Impairment Measurement May 1984 - November 198401 May 198401 November 1984 England IndividualsNationalDrug usersDrugsElderlyGeneral practitioners People in England born in 1919 or earlier, their general practitioners and the medicines they were taking, using and hoarding Cross-sectional (one-time) study Ten parliamentary constituencies were chosen from all those in England with probability proportional to the number of electors. The constituencies were stratified by the proportion of people of pensionable age and a random starting point was taken. In each of these areas a systematic sample of 500 people was selected from the registers published in February 1984. They were sent a short questionnaire and non-responders after one reminder were followed up by an interviewer: 21% were identified as having been born in 1919 or earlier. Face-to-face interview(Elderly people); Combination of oral and postal interviews with data extracted from printed directories. <p>The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.</p><p>Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.</p> See <restrctn> Smith, C. and Cartwright, A. (1987) <i>Identifying a sample of elderly people by a postal screen</i> [Research report], . Identifying a sample of elderly people by a postal screen https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 2174 2024-11-28T07:21:50Z ddi:codebook:2_5