Prescribing patterns of fall risk-increasing drugs in older adults hospitalized for heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults hospitalized for heart failure (HF) are at risk for falls after discharge. One modifiable contributor to falls is fall risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs). However, the prevalence of FRIDs among older adults hospitalized for HF is unknown. We describe patterns of FRIDs use and examine predictors of a high FRID burden.

Methods

We used the national biracial REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, a prospective cohort recruited from 2003-2007. We included REGARDS participants aged ≥ 65 years discharged alive after a HF hospitalization from 2003-2017. We determined FRIDs -cardiovascular (CV) and non-cardiovascular (non-CV) medications - at admission and discharge from chart abstraction of HF hospitalizations. We examined the pre

SUBMITTER: Liu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10373421 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature