Polypharmacy including falls risk-increasing medications and subsequent falls in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults

Richardson, Kathryn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0741-8413, Bennett, Kathleen and Kenny, Rose Anne (2015) Polypharmacy including falls risk-increasing medications and subsequent falls in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults. Age and Ageing, 44 (1). pp. 90-96. ISSN 0002-0729

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Abstract

polypharmacy is an important risk factor for falls, but recent studies suggest only when including medications associated with increasing the risk of falls.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	falls,older people,polypharmacy,drug therapy
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Promotion Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Public Health
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2015 15:14
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2026 16:40
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/51628
DOI:	10.1093/ageing/afu141

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