Antidepressant Use and Recurrent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings From the Health ABC Study

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 525-533

  Marcum, Zachary A ^a   Perera, Subashan ^b   Thorpe, Joshua M ^b,c   Switzer, Galen E ^b,c   Castle, Nicholas G ^b   Strotmeyer, Elsa S ^b   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^d   Ayonayon, Hilsa N ^e   Phillips, Caroline L ^d   Rubin, Susan ^e   Zucker Levin, Audrey R ^f   Bauer, Douglas C ^e   Shorr, Ronald I ^c   Kang, Yihuang ^b   Gray, Shelly L ^a   Hanlon, Joseph T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; antidepressants; drug related problems; epidemiology; geriatrics; outcomes research analysis; pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MIRTAZAPINE; PHENELZINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAZODONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT DURATION; ADULT; AGING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RECURRENCE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979008583     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: 15426270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1060028016644466     Document Type: Article

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