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- Title
EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research.
- Authors
Seppala, L. J.; van der Velde, N.; Ryg, J.; Eklund, P.; Topinková, E.; Mair, A.; Laflamme, L.; Thaler, H.; Bahat, G.; Masud, T.; Gutiérrez-Valencia, M.; Caballero-Mora, MA; Landi, F.; Emmelot-Vonk, M. H.; Cherubini, A.; Baeyens, J. P.; Correa-Pérez, A.; Gudmundsson, A.; Blain, H.; Marengoni, A.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
MEDICAL education; ELDER care; DIFFUSION of innovations; DRUG prescribing; DRUG side effects; ACCIDENTAL falls; HEALTH education; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; PROFESSIONAL associations; PROFESSIONS; TEACHING aids; PHYSICIAN practice patterns; HEALTH literacy; EUROPEAN Union; OLD age
- Publication
Drugs & Aging, 2019, Vol 36, Issue 4, p299
- ISSN
1170-229X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s40266-018-0622-7