Central Nervous System Medication Burden and Risk of Recurrent Serious Falls and Hip Fractures in Veterans Affairs Nursing Home Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the association between central nervous system (CNS) medication dosage burden and risk of serious falls, including hip fractures, in individuals with a history of a recent fall.

Design

Nested case-control study.

Setting

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Community Living Centers (CLCs).

Participants

CLC residents aged 65 and older with a history of a fall or hip fracture in the year before a CLC admission between July 1, 2005, and June 30, 2009. Each case (n = 316) was matched to four controls (n = 1264) on age, sex, and length of stay.

Measurements

Outcomes were serious falls identified using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ACD-9) or Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) E codes, diagnosis codes, or proce

SUBMITTER: Aspinall SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7975624 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature