Title |
Is use of fall risk-increasing drugs in an elderly population associated with an increased risk of hip fracture, after adjustment for multimorbidity level: a cohort study
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Published in |
BMC Geriatrics, December 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2318-14-131 |
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Authors |
Kristine Thorell, Karin Ranstad, Patrik Midlöv, Lars Borgquist, Anders Halling |
Abstract |
Risk factors for hip fracture are well studied because of the negative impact on patients and the community, with mortality in the first year being almost 30% in the elderly. Age, gender and fall risk-increasing drugs, identified by the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden, are well known risk factors for hip fracture, but how multimorbidity level affects the risk of hip fracture during use of fall risk-increasing drugs is to our knowledge not as well studied. This study explored the relationship between use of fall risk-increasing drugs in combination with multimorbidity level and risk of hip fracture in an elderly population. |
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Canada | 1 | 17% |
Spain | 1 | 17% |
Unknown | 4 | 67% |
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Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 33% |
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Spain | 1 | <1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 124 | 98% |
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Student > Master | 17 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 13% |
Researcher | 14 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 13 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 8% |
Other | 28 | 22% |
Unknown | 28 | 22% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 46 | 37% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 10% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 12 | 10% |
Neuroscience | 5 | 4% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 4% |
Other | 14 | 11% |
Unknown | 32 | 25% |