ArticleScandinavian journal of primary health care2017
Elderly users of fall-risk-increasing drug perceptions of fall risk and the relation to their drug use - a qualitative study.
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- Communication Processes Related to Decision-Making in Medication Management Between Healthcare Providers, Older People and Their Carers: A Systematic Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Pooled it
- The Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants (DOACs) in Older Adults Receiving Multidose Drug Dispensing; Interactions, Anticholinergic and Fall-Risk Increasing Drugs.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Falls risk perception among older adults and carers: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Medication Self-Management for Home Care Users Receiving Multidose Drug Dispensing: Qualitative Interview Study.JMIR aging · 2024Article
- A European survey of older peoples' preferences, and perceived barriers and facilitators to inform development of a medication-related fall-prevention patient portal.European geriatric medicine · 2024Article
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- Development and Pilot Testing of a Booklet Concerning Medications That Can Increase the Risk of Falls in Older People.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Medications and the risk of falls among older people in a geriatric centre in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2021Article
- EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research.Drugs & aging · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of the study was to explore how home-dwelling elderly who use fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) perceive their fall risk and how they relate this to their drug use. DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS: A qualitative study with 14 home-dwelling elderly FRID users between 65 and 97 years in Central Norway participating in semi-structured individual interviews. The data were analyzed thematically by using systematic text condensation.
resultsThe main finding was that the informants did not necessarily perceive the use of FRIDs to be a prominent risk factor for falls. Some informants said they did not reflect upon drug use whatsoever and said they fully trusted their physician's choices. When either experiencing dizziness, fall episodes or by reading the patient information leaflet the informants said to either adjust their drug use or to contact their physician. Some felt rejected due to not getting their point across or their wish to alter the drug was not granted by the physician.
conclusionsElderly FRID users did not necessarily relate their drug use to fall risk or struggled to present their perceived drug-related problems. Physicians need to regularly inform, monitor and assess the drug treatment when treating elderly with FRIDs.
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