@article{ref1,
title="Psychotropic Drugs and Falls in the Elderly People: Updated Literature Review and Meta-Analysis",
journal="Journal of aging and health",
year="2011",
author="Bloch, Frederic and Thibaud, Marie and Dugué, Benoit and Brèque, Cyril and Rigaud, Anne-Sophie and Kemoun, Gilles",
volume="23",
number="2",
pages="329-346",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To carry out meta-analyses on psychotropic drugs and to provide an update of the risk of falling in the elderly people related to psychotropic drugs. DESIGN: Meta-analyses of studies on psychotropic drugs. RESULTS: 177 studies are included, of which 71 have data on risk factors associated with psychotropic drugs. The odds ratio and 95% Cl for associations between use of psychotropic drugs and fall are 1.78 and 1.57-2.01, respectively. This result is statistically heterogeneous. This heterogeneity disappears in the group of very old participants for each class. CONCLUSION: Our study confirms the association between falls in the elderly people and psychotropic drugs. These results are similar to those of former meta-analyses but with different methods. It shows that these meta-analyses on psychotropic drugs have a small impact on prescribing habits. They only give evidence to support the association between psychotropic drugs and falls even if there is no proven link.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0898-2643",
doi="10.1177/0898264310381277",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898264310381277"
}