Association of fall risk-increasing drugs with falls in generally healthy older adults: a 3-year prospective observational study of the DO-HEALTH trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between fall risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs, medications known to be associated with falls) and the number of falls among generally healthy and active community-dwelling older adults is understudied. Prior studies have focused on individual medication classes or have predominantly relied on retrospective assessments of falls. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between FRID use at baseline and the prospective incidence rates of total, injurious and recurrent falls in community-dwelling older adults.

Methods

This is a 3-year observational analysis of DO-HEALTH, a randomized controlled trial, among community-dwelling adults aged ≥ 70 years without major diseases at baseline. The main exposures were use of at least one FRID and mult

SUBMITTER: de Godoi Rezende Costa Molino C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11606022 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature