STOPPFall (Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions in older adults with high fall risk): a Delphi study by the EuGMS Task and Finish Group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs

J Seppala, Lotta; Petrović, Mirko; Ryg, Jesper; Bahat, Gülistan; Topinková, Eva; Szczerbińska, Katarzyna; J. M. van der Cammen, Tischa; Hartikainen, Sirpa; İlhan, Birkan; Landi, Francesco; Morrissey, Yvonne; Mair, Alpana; Gutiérrez‐Valencia, Marta; H. Emmelot‐Vonk, Mariëlle; Ángeles Caballero Mora, María; Denkinger, Michael; Crome, Peter; H. Jackson, Stephen; Correa-Pérez, Andrea; Knol, Wilma; Soulis, George; Guðmundsson, Aðalsteinn; Ziere, Gijsbertus; Wehling, Martin; O’Mahony, Denis; Cherubini, Antonio; van der Velde, Nathalie

doi:10.1093/ageing/afaa249

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STOPPFall (Screening Tool of Older Persons Prescriptions in older adults with high fall risk): a Delphi study by the EuGMS Task and Finish Group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs

Published in Age and Ageing • Oct 30, 2020

Authors:

Lotta J Seppala

Mirko Petrović

Jesper Ryg

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Healthcare professionals are often reluctant to deprescribe fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs). Lack of knowledge and skills form a significant barrier and furthermore, there is no consensus on which medications are considered as FRIDs despite several systematic reviews. To support clini...

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Medicine

Fall prevention

Medical prescription

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