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April 15, 2026European Geriatric Medicine0 citationsOpen Access

The combined association of STOPPFall medication use and orthostatic blood pressure abnormalities with future falls and fractures in community-dwelling older people

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KDKate DoyleMercer (Czechia)SSSiobhán ScarlettUniversity College DublinSKSilvin P. KnightTrinity College Dublin

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore how the use of STOPPFall medications and orthostatic blood pressure abnormalities affect the risk of falls and fractures in older adults.
  • Analyzed relationship between prescription of STOPPFall medications and blood pressure changes.
  • Examined occurrences of falls and fractures in community-dwelling older adults.
  • Conducted multifactorial assessments to understand risk factors.
  • Prescription of ≥ 2 STOPPFall medications linked to increased fall and fracture risk.
  • Delayed blood pressure recovery associated with higher incidence of injurious falls.
  • Combination of medications and orthostatic hypotension predicted future falls and fractures.

Abstract

Prescription of ≥ 2 STOPPFall medications and delayed BP recovery, and prescription of ≥ 2 STOPPFall medications and any OH, was associated with all falls, injurious falls and all fractures. This highlights the importance of multidomain interventions during multifactorial falls assessments.

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Doyle et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df2c2fe4eeef8a2a6b1302https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-026-01473-3
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