Age, Sex, and Dose Effects of Nonbenzodiazepine Hypnotics on Hip Fracture in Nursing Home Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Food and Drug Administration recommends a reduced dose of nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics in women, yet little is known about the age-, sex-, and dose-specific effects of these drugs on risk of hip fracture, especially among nursing home (NH) residents. We estimated the age-, sex-, and dose-specific effects of nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics on the rate of hip fracture among NH residents.

Design and setting

Case-crossover study in US NHs.

Participants

A total of 691 women and 179 men with hip fracture sampled from all US long-stay NH residents.

Measurements

Measures of patient characteristics were obtained from linked Medicare and the Minimum Data Set (2007-2008). The outcome was hospitalization for hip fracture with surgical repair. We estimated rate rat

SUBMITTER: Dore DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5871542 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature