TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - The relationship between discharge medications and falls in post-hospitalised older adults: a 6-month follow-up
JO  - Australasian journal on ageing
A1  - Lam, Kenneth
A1  - Lee, Den-Ching A.
A1  - Lalor, Aislinn F.
A1  - Stolwyk, Rene
A1  - Russell, Grant
A1  - Brown, Ted
A1  - McDermott, Fiona
A1  - Haines, Terry P.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1440-6381
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12628
ID  - ref1
ER  -