Medication reviews and deprescribing as a single intervention in falls prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Lotta J SeppäläNellie KamkarEveline P van PoelgeestKatja ThomsenJoost G DaamsJesper RygTahir MasudManuel Montero-OdassoSirpa HartikainenMirko PetrovicNathalie van der Veldenull null

Published in: Age and ageing (2022)

the heterogeneity of the interventions precluded us to estimate the exact effect of medication review and deprescribing as a single intervention. For future studies, more comparability is warranted. These interventions should not be implemented as a stand-alone strategy in falls prevention but included in multimodal strategies due to the multifactorial nature of falls.PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020218231.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
community dwelling
physical activity
healthcare
adverse drug
single cell
emergency department
case control