Development and external validation of a risk prediction model for falls in patients with an indication for antihypertensive treatment: retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and externally validate the STRAtifying Treatments In the multi-morbid Frail elderlY (STRATIFY)-Falls clinical prediction model to identify the risk of hospital admission or death from a fall in patients with an indication for antihypertensive treatment.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Primary care data from electronic health records contained within the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD).

Participants

Patients aged 40 years or older with at least one blood pressure measurement between 130 mm Hg and 179 mm Hg.

Main outcome measure

First serious fall, defined as hospital admission or death with a primary diagnosis of a fall within 10 years of the index date (12 months after cohort entry). Model development was co

SUBMITTER: Archer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9641577 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature