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| Medication use and falls in community-dwelling older persons | | Author(s) | Kaven D Kelly, Will Pickett, N Yiannakoulias |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 32, no 5, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 503-509 |
| Keywords | Falls ; Drugs ; Living in the community ; Accident & emergency depts ; Correlation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The association between injurious falls requiring a visit to the emergency department and various classes of medications was examined in a Canadian population-based study of community living people aged 66+ in greater Edmonton, Alberta in 1998. During the study year, there were 2,405 falls reported by 2,278 individuals to six regional emergency departments, giving a crude fall rate of 31.6 per 1,000 population per year. The initial analysis identified 7 medication classes that were associated with an increased risk of an injurious fall, while controlling for age, gender and income. However, with further analyses controlling for the additional effects of comorbid disease, narcotic pain-killers, anti-convulsants and antidepressants were significant independent predictors of sustaining an injurious fall. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031022203 A |
| Classmark | OLF: LLD: K4: LD6: 49: 7S |
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