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| Title |
Inappropriate medication use and risk of falls – A prospective study in a large community-dwelling elderly cohort
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Geriatrics, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2318-9-30 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sarah Berdot, Marion Bertrand, Jean-François Dartigues, Annie Fourrier, Béatrice Tavernier, Karen Ritchie, Annick Alpérovitch |
| Abstract |
Explicit criteria for determining potentially inappropriate medication consumption in elderly were elaborated by Beers et al. These lists have been used worldwide to evaluate medical prescriptions but there is little epidemiologic evidence demonstrating negative consequences of inappropriate medication use. It has been reported that some drugs could increase the risk of falls, which are a frequent and serious problem in elderly population. We aimed to evaluate the association between the use of potentially inappropriate medications and the risk of falls. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 188 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 182 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 30 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 12% |
| Researcher | 21 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 9% |
| Other | 43 | 23% |
| Unknown | 30 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 71 | 38% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 30 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 10% |
| Psychology | 8 | 4% |
| Sports and Recreations | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 21 | 11% |
| Unknown | 36 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 August 2013.
All research outputs
#4,581,681
of 22,709,015 outputs
Outputs from BMC Geriatrics
#1,178
of 3,144 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#19,812
of 110,430 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Geriatrics
#5
of 12 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,709,015 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 79th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,144 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.5. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 62% of its peers.
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