Stephanie Clemens, Bernhard Iglseder, Reinhard Alzner, Magdalena Kogler, Olaf Rose, Patrick Kutschar, Simon Krutter, Karin Kanduth, Christina Dückelmann, Maria Flamm, Johanna Pachmayr
BACKGROUND: comprehensive medication management (CMM) can reduce medication-related risks of falling. However, knowledge about inter-individual treatment effects and patient-related barriers remains scarce. OBJECTIVE: to gain in-depth insights into how geriatric patients who have fallen view their medication-related risks of falling and to identify effects and barriers of a CMM in preventing falls. DESIGN: complementary mixed-methods pre-post study, based on an embedded quasi-experimental model...
April 1, 2024: Age and Ageing