A Meta-Analysis Investigating Falls in Older Adults Taking Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Confirms an Association but by No Means Implies Causation.

What it found

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Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Exercise for depression in older adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials adjusting for publication bias.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999)
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3. The role of frailty in the association between depression and fall risk among older adults.Aging & mental health · 2022
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4. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of High-Intensity Interval Training in People with Cardiovascular Disease at Improving Depression and Anxiety.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022
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5. Antidepressant Use Partially Mediates the Association Between Depression and Risk of Falls and Fall Injuries Among Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2021
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6. Risk of Hospitalized Falls and Hip Fractures in 22,103 Older Adults Receiving Mental Health Care vs 161,603 Controls: A Large Cohort Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2020
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7. A Long-Term Exercise Intervention Reduces Depressive Symptoms in Older Korean Women.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2019
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8. Association of psychotropic drug use with falls among older adults in Germany. Results of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults 2008-2011 (DEGS1).PloS one · 2017
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9. Older Adults' Perspectives on Clinical Research: A Focus Group and Survey Study.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2016
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10. Management of Depression in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.Movement disorders clinical practice
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Corrections and comments

• Commented on by
  Response to Stubbs's Letter to the Editor.2015
• Comment on
  Cause or Effect? Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Falls in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.2015

Authors and funding

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