Polypharmacy including falls risk-increasing medications and subsequent falls in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults.

Background: polypharmacy is an important risk factor for falls, but recent studies suggest only when including medications associated with increasing the risk of falls.Design: a prospective, population-based cohort study.Subjects: 6,666 adults aged ≥50 years from The Irish Longitudinal study on Agei...

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Publicado en:	Age & Ageing Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 90 - 97
Autores principales:	Richardson, Kathryn, Bennett, Kathleen, Kenny, Rose Anne
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA Jan2015
Materias:	Ireland Psychological tests Old age Risk factors of falling down Antidepressants Benzodiazepines Drug therapy Confidence intervals Regression analysis Research funding Tranquilizing drugs Independent living Polypharmacy Data analysis software Descriptive statistics Odds ratio
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