Citation

Elias AM, Ogunwale AN, Pepin MJ, Bailey JC, Adams AD, Colón-Emeric CS, Vognsen JD, Schmader KE, Pavon JM. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/jgs.16233

PMID

31657005

Abstract

Falls are a common and costly medication‐related safety event in older adults.1 Suboptimal medication use is a major modifiable risk factor for falls,2 and polypharmacy is an independent risk factor for falls among older adults.3, 4 Therefore, deprescribing fall‐related medications, defined as a systematic approach to discontinuing or reducing high‐risk medications to avoid adverse health outcomes,5 is a critical step in fall prevention.

To inform the development of pragmatic deprescribing interventions for this high‐risk population, the goal of this study is to determine the proportion of veterans, aged 65 years and older, at high risk of falls using the electronic health record (EHR) and to quantify the prevalence of high‐risk medication use in this population ...

Language: en