TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - High prevalence of fall-related medication use in older veterans at risk for falls
JO  - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
A1  - Elias, Allison M.
A1  - Ogunwale, Abayomi N.
A1  - Pepin, Marc J.
A1  - Bailey, Janine C.
A1  - Adams, Aaron D.
A1  - Colón-Emeric, Cathleen S.
A1  - Vognsen, Julie D.
A1  - Schmader, Kenneth E.
A1  - Pavon, Juliessa M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - <p> Falls are a common and costly medication‐related safety event in older adults.1 Suboptimal medication use is a major modifiable risk factor for falls,2 and polypharmacy is an independent risk factor for falls among older adults.3, 4 Therefore, deprescribing fall‐related medications, defined as a systematic approach to discontinuing or reducing high‐risk medications to avoid adverse health outcomes,5 is a critical step in fall prevention.    To inform the development of pragmatic deprescribing interventions for this high‐risk population, the goal of this study is to determine the proportion of veterans, aged 65 years and older, at high risk of falls using the electronic health record (EHR) and to quantify the prevalence of high‐risk medication use in this population ...</p>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-8614
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.16233
ID  - ref1
ER  -