EuGMS task and finish group on fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs): position on knowledge dissemination, management, and future research
Falls are a major public health concern in the older population, and certain medication classes are a significant risk factor for falls. However, knowledge is lacking among both physicians and older people, including caregivers, concerning the role of medication as a risk factor. In the present stat...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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[April 2019]
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Drugs & aging
Year: 2019, Volume: 36, Issue: 4, Pages: 299-307 |
| ISSN: | 1179-1969 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40266-018-0622-7 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-018-0622-7
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| Author Notes: | L.J. Seppala, N. van der Velde, T. Masud, H. Blain, M. Petrovic, T.J. van der Cammen, K. Szczerbińska, S. Hartikainen, R.A. Kenny, J. Ryg, P. Eklund, E. Topinková, A. Mair, L. Laflamme, H. Thaler, G. Bahat, M. Gutiérrez-Valencia, MA Caballero-Mora, F. Landi, M.H. Emmelot-Vonk, A. Cherubini, J.P. Baeyens, A. Correa-Pérez, A. Gudmundsson, A. Marengoni, D. O’Mahony, N. Parekh, F.E. Pisa, C. Rajkumar, M. Wehling, G. Ziere on behalf of the EuGMS Special Interest Group on Pharmacology |
| Summary: | Falls are a major public health concern in the older population, and certain medication classes are a significant risk factor for falls. However, knowledge is lacking among both physicians and older people, including caregivers, concerning the role of medication as a risk factor. In the present statement, the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) Task and Finish group on fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs), in collaboration with the EuGMS Special Interest group on Pharmacology and the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Geriatric Medicine Section, outlines its position regarding knowledge dissemination on medication-related falls in older people across Europe. The EuGMS Task and Finish group is developing educational materials to facilitate knowledge dissemination for healthcare professionals and older people. In addition, steps in primary prevention through judicious prescribing, deprescribing of FRIDs (withdrawal and dose reduction), and gaps in current research are outlined in this position paper. |
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| Item Description: | First online: 11 February 2019 Gesehen am 10.05.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1179-1969 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40266-018-0622-7 |