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December 23, 2011Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international

Polypharmacy as a risk for fall occurrence in geriatric outpatients

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Why the study?

Does polypharmacy increase the risk of falls in geriatric outpatients?

Population

geriatric outpatients

Design

Other

Authors

TKTaro KojimaMAMasahiro AkishitaTNTetsurō Nakamura

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Overview

Warrants fall-risk screening in geriatric outpatients; leaves open whether deprescribing reduces falls.

Structured PICO

Does polypharmacy increase the risk of falls in geriatric outpatients?

P
Population
geriatric outpatients
I
Intervention
polypharmacy
O
Outcome
falls

Polypharmacy is associated with falls in geriatric outpatients, though causal relationships require further intervention studies.

Cite This Study

Kojima et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69decaba5e217d93a555892fhttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00783.x
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