TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Psychotropic Drugs and Falls in the Elderly People: Updated Literature Review and Meta-Analysis
JO  - Journal of aging and health
A1  - Bloch, Frederic
A1  - Thibaud, Marie
A1  - Dugué, Benoit
A1  - Brèque, Cyril
A1  - Rigaud, Anne-Sophie
A1  - Kemoun, Gilles
SP  - 329
EP  - 346
VL  - 23
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0898-2643
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898264310381277
ID  - ref1
ER  -