Influence of medications and diagnoses on fall risk in psychiatric inpatients

American Journal of Health-system Pharmacy : AJHP : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Stacey M LavsaKim C Coley

Abstract

The influence of medications and diagnoses on fall risk in psychiatric inpatients was evaluated. In this retrospective case-control study, psychiatric inpatients age 18 years or older with a documented fall that was reported served as study cases. These patients were matched to control patients from the same hospital (1:1) by admission year, sex, and age. Psychiatric diagnoses evaluated included major depressive disorder, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's disease and dementia, anxiety or neurosis, delirium, personality disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Medications assessed as independent variables were conventional antipsychotics, atypical antipsychotics, selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants, atypical antidepressants, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, lithium, anticonvulsants, benzodiazepines, nonbenzodiazepine sleep aids, Alzheimer's disease medications, antihistamines, antiarrhythmics, antihypertensives, benign prostatic hyperplasia medications, oral hypoglycemic agents, histamine H(2)-receptor blockers, laxatives and stool softeners, muscle relaxants, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, opioids, Parkinson's disease medications, and overactive bladde...Continue Reading

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