The influence of drug use on fall incidents among nursing home residents: A systematic review

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 890-910

  Sterke, Carolyn S ^a,b   Verhagen, Arianne P ^b   Van Beeck, Ed F ^b   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J M ^b  

^a De StromenOpmaatGroep   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Falls; Gait; Nursing homes; Psychoactive drugs

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISPERIDONE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRANQUILIZER; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

DEMENTIA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG USE; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 50149089114     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020800714X     Document Type: Review

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