Medication and fall injury in the elderly population; do individual demographics, health status and lifestyle matter?

Björg Helgadóttir, Lucie Laflamme, Joel Monárrez‐Espino, Jette Möller

BMC Geriatrics · 2014 · 61 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Using more than one medication affects the risk of injurious falls among older people. The effect of any given number of medications studied remains and is even strengthened after adjusting for individual demographics, health habits, health conditions and the use of FRIDs.

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