ArticleCanadian geriatrics journal : CGJ2022
Medication Prescribed Within One Year Preceding Fall-Related Injuries in Ontario Older Adults.
Article in Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Relating consequential falls to individual and combinations of prescription medication use in Swedish older adults.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Serious injuries secondary to falls are becoming more prevalent due to the worldwide ageing of societies. Several medication classes have been associated with falls and fall-related injuries. The purpose of this study was to describe medication classes and the number of medication classes prescribed to older adults prior to the fall-related injury. Methods: This population-based descriptive study used secondary administrative health-care data in Ontario, Canada for 2010-2014. Descriptive statistics were reported for Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical 4 Results: Over five years (2010-2014), 288,251 older adults (63.2% females) were admitted to an emergency department for a fall-related injury (40.0% fractures, 12.1% brain injury). In the year before the injury, 48.5% were prescribed statins, 27.2% antidepressants, 25.0% opioids, and 16.6% anxiolytics. Females were prescribed more diuretics, antidepressants, and anxiolytics than males; and people aged 85 years and older had a higher percentage of diuretics, antidepressants, and antipsychotics. There were 36.4% of older adults prescribed 5-9 different medication classes and 41.2% were prescribed 10 or more medication classes. Discussion: Older adults experiencing fall-related injuries were prescribed more opioids, benzodiazepines, and antidepressants than previously reported for the general population of older adults in Ontario. Higher percentage of females and more 85+ older adults were prescribed with psychotropic drugs, and they were also found to be at higher risk of fall-related injuries. Further associations between medications and fall-related injuries need to be explored in well-defined cohort studies.
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