@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between discharge medications and falls in post-hospitalised older adults: a 6-month follow-up",
journal="Australasian journal on ageing",
year="2019",
author="Lam, Kenneth and Lee, Den-Ching A. and Lalor, Aislinn F. and Stolwyk, Rene and Russell, Grant and Brown, Ted and McDermott, Fiona and Haines, Terry P.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To identify discharge medications, especially psychotropic medications that are associated with falls, amongst older adults within 6 months following hospitalisation. <br><br>METHODS: Negative binomial regression was used to examine relationships between discharge medications and falls in older post-hospitalised adults. Multiple regression that considered falls risk factors at discharge was performed. <br><br>RESULTS: Data for 267 participants showed that discharge medications were not independently associated with falls postdischarge after adjustment for other falls risk factors. Male gender (adjusted incidence rate ratio [95% confidence interval, CI]) 2.15 [1.36-3.40]), higher depression scores (1.14 [1.05-1.25]) and co-morbidity of neurological disease other than stroke (5.98 [3.08-11.60]) were independently associated with an increased rate of falls. Higher depression scores (1.20 [1.11-1.31]) and co-morbidity of cancer (1.97 [1.20-3.25]) were independently associated with an increased rate of injurious falls in the 6 months postdischarge. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Falls prevention strategies, other than hospital discharge medication management in the postdischarge older adults, warrant investigation.<br><br>© 2019 AJA Inc.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1440-6381",
doi="10.1111/ajag.12628",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12628"
}