@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of medication-related falls in 200 consecutive elderly patients with hip fractures: a cross-sectional study",
journal="BMC geriatrics",
year="2020",
author="Andersen, Charlotte Uggerhøj and Lassen, Pernille Overgaard and Usman, Hussain Qassim and Albertsen, Nadja and Nielsen, Lars Peter and Andersen, Stig",
volume="20",
number="1",
pages="e121-e121",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Hip fractures constitute a major health problem in elderly people and are often fall-related. Several factors can contribute to a fall episode leading to hip fracture, including fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs), which are often used by elderly people. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of medication-related falls and to assess the role of FRIDs and potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in a population of elderly patients hospitalized for a hip fracture. <br><br>METHODS: We reviewed the patient records of 200 consecutive patients, aged ≥65 years, who were admitted for a hip fracture and evaluated whether medications were likely to have contributed to the fall episode. PIMs were identified using the Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions version 2 (STOPP) and by evaluating indications, contra-indications and interactions of the prescribed medications for each patient. <br><br>RESULTS: FRIDs were used by 175 patients (87.5%). Medications were considered a likely contributor to the fall in 82 patients (41%). These were most often psychotropic medications alone or in combination with antihypertensives and/or diuretics. The 82 patients with suspected medication-related falls used more medications, FRIDs and PIMs than the rest of the patients, and in 74 (90%) of the 82 patients, at least one medication considered to be a contributor to the fall was also a PIM. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of suspected medication-related falls was 41%. It seems likely that a medication review could have reduced, though not eliminated, the risk of falling in this group of patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2318",
doi="10.1186/s12877-020-01532-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01532-9"
}