Impact of Discontinuation of Fall‐Risk‐Increasing Drugs on Falls in Multimorbid Older Patients With Polypharmacy
In multimorbid older patients using FRID, falls are highly prevalent. No association was found between discontinuation of FRID and the risk of falls, except for the discontinuation of antipsychotics in patients who experienced a previous fall.
Authors
- François‐Xavier Sibille (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4173-8581)
- Douglas C. Bauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-7721)
- Namiko A. Goto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0840-9823)
- Nicolas Rodondi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9083-6896)
- Wilma Knol
- Lauren Dautzenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2502-9988)
- Huiberdina L. Koek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0938-6232)
- Carole E. Aubert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8325-8784)
- Anne Spinewine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3836-2846)
- Emma Jennings
- Mariëlle H. Emmelot‐Vonk
- Dayna A M van Heel
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Utrecht University (NL)
- University College Cork (IE)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
- CHU Dinant Godinne UCL Namur (BE)
- Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis (NL)
- UCLouvain (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19460
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.76
Funders
- European Commission
- Singapore Eye Research Institute
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
- Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation