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Factors associated with use of falls risk-increasing drugs among patients of a geriatric oncology outpatient clinic in Australia: a cross-sectional study.
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2017 April
Older people with cancer are at increased risk of falling. Falls risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs), comprising psychotropics and medications that cause orthostatic hypotension, are a potentially modifiable risk factor for falls. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with use of FRIDs in older people with cancer. Patients aged ≥70 years who presented to a hospital outpatient clinic between January 2009 and July 2010 were included in the study. Information on current medication use, falls in previous 6 months, and frailty criteria was collected. Multinomial logistic regression was used to compute odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for factors associated with levels of FRID use. Overall, 76.1% (n = 293) of 383 patients used FRIDs. This comprised psychotropics (31.2%, n = 120) and medications causing orthostatic hypotension (69.9%, n = 269). In total, 24.0% (n = 92) patients reported falling in the previous 6 months. Risk factors for falling were associated with use of psychotropics but not orthostatic hypotension drugs. Patients with a history of falls had increased odds of using psychotropics (≥3 psychotropics; OR 13.50; 95%CI, 2.64-68.94). Likewise, frail patients had increased odds of using psychotropics (≥3 psychotropics; OR 27.78; 95%CI, 6.06-127.42). Risk factors for falling were associated with the use of psychotropics. This suggests that clinicians either do not recognize or underestimate the contribution of medications to falls in this high-risk patient group. Further efforts are needed to rationalize medication regimens at the time of patients' first presentation to outpatient oncology services.
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