Factors associated with fall risk increasing drug use in older black and white men and women: the Health ABC Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most older adults use medications that may increase falls, often defined as fall risk increasing drugs or "FRIDs". Two definitions for FRIDs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths & Injuries (STEADI-R_x) and Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (SNBHW) definitions, are widely accepted, though include different FRIDs in their definitions. Whether factors associated with FRID use in older adults differ by definition is unknown.

Methods

We hypothesized that factors for FRID use will vary by FRID definition in 1,352 community-dwelling older Black and White adults with medication information in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study (Health ABC; 2007-08 clinic visit; 83.4 ± 2.8 years; 54.1% wom

SUBMITTER: Roberts JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411800 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature