Open AccessPolypharmacy including falls risk-increasing medications and subsequent falls in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults
Author(s) -
Kathryn Richardson,
Kathleen Bennett,
Rose Anne Kenny
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afu141
Subject(s) - polypharmacy , medicine , falls in older adults , poisson regression , poison control , relative risk , cohort study , injury prevention , prospective cohort study , population , geriatrics , rate ratio , risk factor , emergency medicine , confidence interval , psychiatry , environmental health
polypharmacy is an important risk factor for falls, but recent studies suggest only when including medications associated with increasing the risk of falls.
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