Trial reportJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2016
Hypertension Treatment and Concern About Falling: Baseline Data from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial.
Trial report in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Impact of Intensive Blood Pressure Therapy on Concern about Falling: Longitudinal Results from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT).Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2020Trial
- Impact of Concern About Falling on Physical and Social Activities of Older Adults With Hypertension.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Safety of combination therapy of azilsartan medoxomil and amlodipine: a population-based cohort study.Epidemiology and health · 2025Article
- Sodium Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors: Spotlight on Favorable Effects on Clinical Outcomes beyond Diabetes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Older Adults with Hypertension: Prevalence of Falls and Their Associated Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Blood Pressure Assessment in Adults in Clinical Practice and Clinic-Based Research: JACC Scientific Expert Panel.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2019Review
- Antihypertensive Treatment Patterns and Blood Pressure Control in Older Adults: Results from the Berlin Aging Study II.Drugs & aging · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine the extent of concern about falling in older adults with hypertension, whether lower blood pressure (BP) and greater use of antihypertensive medications are associated with greater concern about falling, and whether lower BP has a greater effect on concern about falling in older and more functionally impaired individuals.
designSecondary analysis involving cross-sectional study of baseline characteristics of participants enrolled in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT).
settingApproximately 100 outpatient sites.
participantsSPRINT enrollees aged 50 and older (mean age 69) diagnosed with hypertension (N = 2,299). MEASUREMENTS: Concern about falling was determined using the shortened version of the Falls Efficacy Scale International as measured at the baseline examination.
resultsMild concern about falling was present in 29.3% of participants and moderate to severe concern in 17.9%. Neither low BP (systolic BP<120 mmHg, diastolic BP <70 mmHg) nor orthostatic hypotension was associated with concern about falling (P > .10). Participants with moderate to severe concern about falling were taking significantly more antihypertensive medications than those with mild or no concern. After adjusting for baseline characteristics, no associations were evident between BP, medications, and concern about falling. Results were similar in older and younger participants; interactions between BP and age and functional status were not significantly associated with concern about falling.
conclusionAlthough concern about falling is common in older adults with hypertension, it was not found to be associated with low BP or use of more antihypertensive medications in baseline data from SPRINT.
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