Predictors of falls and hospital admissions in people with cognitive impairment in day-care: role of multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and potentially inappropriate medication.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) pose challenges for the care of people with cognitive impairment. The aim of the present study is to explore whether multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and PIM predict falls and hospital admissions in a sample of people with cognitive impairment in day-care centers in Germany.

Methods

We used data from the German day-care study (multicenter longitudinal study, n = 433). Multimorbidity was defined as ≥ 2 chronic diseases. Polypharmacy was defined as prescriptions to ≥ 5 drugs. Potentially inappropriate medication was defined as scoring on the PRISCUS list. Binary logistic regression analyses were computed to determine whether multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and potentially inappropriate medicatio

SUBMITTER: Scheel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387045 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature