Polypharmacy and injurious falls in older adults: a nationwide nested case-control study.

Date publication

janvier 2019

Journal

Clinical epidemiology

Auteurs

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31296999

Résumé

To determine whether or not the exposure to multiple drugs (polypharmacy) increases the risk of fall-related injury among older adults, beyond the effect of fall-risk increasing drugs and chronic multimorbidity.

Mots clés

case-control, falls, older people, polypharmacy

Référence

Clin Epidemiol. 2019 ;11:483-493