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BMC Geriatrics
Fall risk-increasing drugs and falls: a cross-sectional study among elderly patients in primary care2014 •
BMC Geriatrics
Inappropriate medication use and risk of falls – A prospective study in a large community-dwelling elderly cohort2009 •
Background: Falls are dangerous to the health of older adults and can impact their functional status leading to frailty. The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) among older adults lead to adverse health outcomes and increase the risk of falls. Polypharmacy is a state in which five medications, or more, are consumed concurrently. Polypharmacy increases the incidence of falls. Beers criteria by American Geriatric Society is one of the many criteria used to detect PIMs. It assesses the appropriateness of drug prescriptions i.e., correct dose, duration, and indications to ensure the safety of these drugs and decrease the hazards of side effects and reduce drug interactions. Method: A total of 387 outpatients aged 60 or older were physically interviewed, the patients were recruited from University Hospital and Family Medicine Center in Khobar city, Saudi Arabia, between the period of November 2021 to March 2022. All Patients were able to walk independently. The survey beg...
Experimental Aging Research
Age-dependent physiological changes, medicines and sex-influenced types of falls2018 •
Pharmacy Practice
A retrospective analysis of prescription medications as it correlates to falls for older adults2018 •
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Medication as a risk factor for falls in older women in Brazil2003 •
Journal of Babol University of Medical Sciences
The Association between Antihypertensive Drugs and Falls in Older Adults in Amirkola, Northern Iran2022 •
Background and Objective: Being familiar with the factors that are effective in causing falls plays an important role in reducing the issues and costs related to its treatment. Considering the contradictory results about the use of antihypertensive drugs and falls in older adults, the present study was conducted to determine the association between the use of antihypertensive drugs and falls in older adults. Methods: This cross-sectional study was a part of the first phase of Amirkola Health and Ageing Project (AHAP), which was conducted on three groups of 250 people including healthy elderly, and hypertensive patients with and without taking antihypertensive drugs. Antihypertensive drugs were divided into 6 groups based on the mechanism of action. The variables of age, gender, body mass index, physical activity, diabetes, number of medications, depression symptoms, cognitive status, number of comorbidities, and the frequency of falls during one year before the beginning of the study and during the six-month follow-up were evaluated and compared in different categories of antihypertensive drugs by asking older adults in the three groups. Findings: Out of all studied older adults, 126 people (16.8%) fell during the last 12 months and 36 people (4.8%) fell during the six-month follow-up. No significant relationship was found between falls and the use of antihypertensive drugs, and between the use of different classes of antihypertensive drugs and falls. Variables such as depressive symptoms (OR=2.057, p=0.001), number of comorbidities (OR=0.189, p=0.006) and older age (OR=1.033, p=0.040) had an effective role in causing falls. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the use of antihypertensive drugs and their different classes was not associated with the increase in the frequency of falls in older adults.
BMC Geriatrics
Using the Drug Burden Index to identify older adults at highest risk for medication-related fallsBackground The Drug Burden Index (DBI) was developed to assess patient exposure to medications associated with an increased risk of falling. The objective of this study was to examine the association between the DBI and medication-related fall risk. Methods The study used a retrospective cohort design, with a 1-year observation period. Participants (n = 1562) were identified from 31 community pharmacies. We examined the association between DBI scores and four outcomes. Our primary outcome, which was limited to participants who received a medication review, indexed whether the review resulted in at least one medication-related recommendation (e.g., discontinue medication) being communicated to the participant’s health care provider. Secondary outcomes indexed whether participants in the full sample: (1) screened positive for fall risk, (2) reported 1+ falls in the past year, and (3) reported 1+ injurious falls in the past year. All outcome variables were dichotomous (yes/no). Results...
Geriatrics & gerontology international
Influence of hospital encounters for falls on potentially inappropriate medication use among older patients2020 •
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Surface immobilization methods for aptamer diagnostic applications2007 •