Medication reviews and deprescribing as a single intervention in falls prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

our aim was to assess the effectiveness of medication review and deprescribing interventions as a single intervention in falls prevention.

Methods

Design

systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

Medline, Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL, PsycINFO until 28 March 2022.

Eligibility criteria

randomised controlled trials of older participants comparing any medication review or deprescribing intervention with usual care and reporting falls as an outcome.

Study records

title/abstract and full-text screening by two reviewers.

Risk of bias

Cochrane Collaboration revised tool.

Data synthesis

results reported separately for different settings and sufficiently comparable studies meta-analysed.

Results

forty-nine heterogeneous

SUBMITTER: Seppala LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9509688 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature