Impact of potentially inappropriate psychotropic medicines on falls among older adults in 23 residential aged care facilities in Australia: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study
Falls are frequent among CNS-PIPM users resulting in injury and hospitalisation, with 70% of CNS-PIPM users falling at least once and one in three requiring admissions to hospital. Reviewing residents' use of psychotropic medicines should be considered as part of strategies to reduce falls incidence among older adults in RACFs.
Authors
- Karla Seaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4611-9616)
- Johanna Westbrook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1083-8192)
- Magdalena Z. Raban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6995-2849)
- Nasir Wabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-6319)
- Narjis Batool (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2821-1777)
Institutions
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096187
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.28
Funders
- Macquarie University