Xerostomía y uso de medicamentos en adultos Xerostomia and the use of drugs in adults

Abstract

OBJETIVO: determinar la prevalencia de xerostomía en relación con el uso de medicamentos en los adultos de 20 años y más del Consultorio Médico 64-02 de Guanabacoa, de julio a diciembre del año 2007. MÉTODOS: se realizó un estudio descriptivo y se utilizó muestreo bietápico. La presencia de xerostomía, basada en definición utilizada por otros autores, se determinó con 3 preguntas, además: edad, sexo, uso, cantidad y tipos de medicamentos, según cuestionario. RESULTADOS: se procesó la información en Excel, utilizando el porcentaje para resumirla. Los resultados se presentan en tablas. Se relacionaron las variables, con la X² y diferencia de proporciones (pOBJECTIVE: to determine the prevalence of xerostomia in connection with the use of drugs in adults aged 20 and over at the Family Physician's office 64-02 in Guanabacoa from July to December 2007. METHODS: a descriptive study was undertaken and a bistage sampling was used. The presence of xerostomia based on the definition used by other authors was determined by 3 questions in addition to age, sex, use, amount and type of drugs according to the questionnaire. RESULTS: the information was processed in Excel, using percentage to resume it. The results were presented in tables. The variables were related to X2 and the difference of proportions (p<0.05) by using the Epidat program. Of 511 studied individuals, 176 (34.4 %) perceived xerostomia. Females were the most affected. It increases with age, and the group aged 60 and over was the most affected. CONCLUSIONS: the most used drugs were the antihypertensive and antiasthma drugs. All those who took glycemia-lowering and antiallergic drugs perceived xerostomia and it rose according to the number of drugs used.

Keywords

• xerostomía
• sequedad bucal
• medicamentos
• xerostomia
• dry mouth
• drugs