Type, number or both? A population-based matched case-control study on the risk of fall injuries among older people and number of medications beyond fall-inducing drugs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Laflamme, Lucie ^a   Monárrez Espino, Joel ^a   Johnell, Kristina ^b   Elling, Berty ^a   Möller, Jette ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; FALL RISK INDUCING DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NUMBER OF PRESCRIBED MEDICATION; PARAMETERS; PELVIS FRACTURE; POLYPHARMACY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG THERAPY; FALLING; INDEPENDENT LIVING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84929483838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123390     Document Type: Article

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