Why the study?
Does polypharmacy increase the risk of falls in geriatric outpatients?
Does polypharmacy increase the risk of falls in geriatric outpatients?
Polypharmacy is associated with falls in geriatric outpatients, though causal relationships require further intervention studies.
Warrants fall-risk screening in geriatric outpatients; leaves open whether deprescribing reduces falls.
In geriatric outpatients, polypharmacy is associated with falls. Intervention studies are needed to clarify the causal relationship between polypharmacy, comorbidity and falls.
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Kojima et al. (2011) studied this question.
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