Associations between drug burden index and physical function in older people in residential aged care facilities

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 503-507

  Wilson, Nicholas M ^a   Hilmer, Sarah N ^a,b   March, Lyn M ^a,b   Cameron, Ian D ^b,c   Lord, Stephen R ^d   Seibel, Markus J ^c   Sambrook, Philip N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG BURDEN INDEX; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING SPEED; AUSTRALIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FALLING; HAND STRENGTH; HOME FOR THE AGED; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; NURSING HOMES; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 77954282276     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq053     Document Type: Letter

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