ArticleArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia2019
The Relationship between Lifestyle and Costs Related to Medicine Use in Adults.
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- Effect of Physical Activity on Drug Expenditures for the Physical and Mental Health of Primary Care Users.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Primary Care Costs in Older Diabetic Patients From a Middle-Size Brazilian City: An Eight-Year Follow-Up Study.International journal of public health · 2025Article
- Sedentary behavior, abdominal obesity and healthcare costs in Brazilian adults with cardiovascular diseases: a cross-sectional study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2023Article
- Relationship between vigorous physical activity and health care costs among adolescents: ABCD Growth Study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Longitudinal Data and Correlated Measures Bias: The Alternative of Mixed ModelsArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2019Article
- Lifestyle and Medication Costs May Be Associated with Consequences for Adult Patient Health.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe unhealthy lifestyle is growing and this can have repercussions on health status demanding actions on the occurrence of diseases and leads to increased expenses.
objectiveTo examine the interrelationship between the costs of medicine use and lifestyle behaviors.
methodsA cohort study with 118 participants, age around 51.7 ± 7.1 years old. It was collected personal and anthropometric data and information about medicine of continuous use to calculate the costs. Lifestyle variables included habitual physical activity (PA) assessed by pedometer, sedentary behavior by Baecke questionnaire, sleep quality by mini sleep questionnaire and self-report of smoke and alcohol consumption. Statistical analyses were performed by BioEstat (version 5.2) and the significance level set at p-value < 0.05.
resultsIn 12 months, 62 subjects bought 172 medicines, representing an overall cost of US$ 3,087.01. Expenditures with drugs were negatively related to PA (r = -0.194, p-value = 0.035 and r = -0.281, p-value = 0.002), but positively related with sleep quality (r = 0.299, p-value=0.001 and r = 0.315, p-value = 0.001) and age (r = 0.274, p-value = 0.003). Four multivariate models were executed considering lifestyle behaviors in different moments of cohort and medicine costs, and all these models identify important relationship between lifestyle behaviors with expenditures with drugs.
conclusionWorse sleep quality seems to increase the costs related to medicine use in adults, while obesity and ageing play a relevant role in this phenomenon and alcohol consumption seems a variable with relevant economic impact.
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