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European Geriatric Medicine

, volume 10 , issue 2 , pages 275-283

EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research

L J Seppala ¹

N van der Velde ²

T Masud ³

H. Blain ⁴

M. Petrovic ⁵

T J Van Der Cammen ⁶

K Szczerbinska ⁷

S. Hartikainen ^{8, 9, 10}

R A Kenny ^{11, 12}

J Ryg ¹³

P. Eklund ^{14, 15}

E Topinková ¹⁶

A. Mair ¹⁷

L Laflamme ¹⁸

H. Thaler ¹⁹

G Bahat ²⁰

M Gutiérrez Valencia ²¹

Ma Caballero Mora ²²

F Landi ²³

M. H. Emmelot-Vonk ²⁴

A. CHERUBINI ^{25, 26}

J.P. Baeyens ²⁷

A Correa Pérez ^{28, 29}

A. Gudmundsson ³⁰

A. Marengoni ^{31, 32}

D. O'MAHONY ³³

N. Parekh ^{34, 35}

F E Pisa ³⁶

C. Rajkumar ³⁷

M Wehling ^{38, 39}

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Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Amsterdam University Medical Center

University of Amsterdam

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK |

Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University Hospital of Montpellier, Montpellier University, Euromov, France |

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Department of Internal Medicine (Geriatrics), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium |

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Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands |

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Unit for Research on Aging Society, Department of Sociology of Medicine, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Chair, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland |

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School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland |

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The Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (TILDA), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland |

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Department of Medical Gerontology, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland |

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Falls and Syncope Unit, Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland |

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Department of Geriatric Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark |

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Geriatric Research Unit, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark |

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Department of Computing Science, Umeå university, Umeå, Sweden |

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Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |

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Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, South Bohemian University, Česke Budějovice, Czech Republic |

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Effective Prescribing and Therapeutics, Health and Social Care Directorate, Scottish Government, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |

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Department of public health sciences, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden |

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Trauma Center Wien-Meidling, Vienna, Austria |

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Istanbul Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey |

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Department of Health Sciences, Public University of Navarra (UPNA), Pamplona, Spain

Public University of Navarre

University of Navarra

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Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario de Getafe and CIBER de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable, Getafe, Spain

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable

Getafe University Hospital

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Department of Gerontology, Neuroscience and Orthopedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy |

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Department of Geriatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands |

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Geriatria, Accettazione geriatrica e Centro di ricerca per l’Invecchiamento, Italian National Research Center on Aging (INRCA), Ancona, Italy |

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University of Luxembourg, Ezch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |

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AZ Alma, Eeklo, Belgium |

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Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain

Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal

Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria

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Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland |

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Faculty of medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland |

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Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy |

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Department of Geriatric Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland |

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Department of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland |

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Academic Department of Geriatric Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK |

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Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology-BIPS, Bremen, Germany |

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Institute of Hygiene and Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospital of Udine, Udine, Italy |

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Department of Elderly Medicine, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Sussex, UK |

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Institute of Clinical Pharmacology Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelberg University

University of Mannheim

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Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands |

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Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2019-02-11

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European Geriatric Medicine

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ISSN: 18787649, 18787657

DOI: 10.1007/s41999-019-00162-8

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Abstract

Falls are under-recognized as adverse drug events. Healthcare professionals are reluctant to withdraw fall-risk-increasing medications. The EuGMS Task and Finish group on fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) proposes in this paper its recommendations on dissemination of knowledge about, management of, and future research on FRIDs. Falls are a major public health concern in the older population, and certain medication classes are a significant risk factor for falls. However, knowledge is lacking among both physicians and older people, including caregivers, concerning the role of medication as a risk factor. In the present statement, the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) Task and Finish group on fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs), in collaboration with the EuGMS Special Interest group on Pharmacology and the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Geriatric Medicine Section, outlines its position regarding knowledge dissemination on medication-related falls in older people across Europe. The EuGMS Task and Finish group is developing educational materials to facilitate knowledge dissemination for healthcare professionals and older people. In addition, steps in primary prevention through judicious prescribing, deprescribing of FRIDs (withdrawal and dose reduction), and gaps in current research are outlined in this position paper.

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Seppala L. J. et al. EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research // European Geriatric Medicine. 2019. Vol. 10. No. 2. pp. 275-283.

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Seppala L. J., van der Velde N., Masud T., Blain H., Petrovic M., Van Der Cammen T. J., Szczerbinska K., Hartikainen S., Kenny R. A., Ryg J., Eklund P., Topinková E., Mair A., Laflamme L., Thaler H., Bahat G., Gutiérrez Valencia M., Caballero Mora M., Landi F., Emmelot-Vonk M. H., CHERUBINI A., Baeyens J., Correa Pérez A., Gudmundsson A., Marengoni A., O'MAHONY D., Parekh N., Pisa F. E., Rajkumar C., Wehling M. EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research // European Geriatric Medicine. 2019. Vol. 10. No. 2. pp. 275-283.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1007/s41999-019-00162-8

UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-019-00162-8

TI - EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research

T2 - European Geriatric Medicine

AU - Seppala, L J

AU - van der Velde, N

AU - Masud, T

AU - Blain, H.

AU - Petrovic, M.

AU - Van Der Cammen, T J

AU - Szczerbinska, K

AU - Hartikainen, S.

AU - Kenny, R A

AU - Ryg, J

AU - Eklund, P.

AU - Topinková, E

AU - Mair, A.

AU - Laflamme, L

AU - Thaler, H.

AU - Bahat, G

AU - Gutiérrez Valencia, M

AU - Caballero Mora, Ma

AU - Landi, F

AU - Emmelot-Vonk, M. H.

AU - CHERUBINI, A.

AU - Baeyens, J.P.

AU - Correa Pérez, A

AU - Gudmundsson, A.

AU - Marengoni, A.

AU - O'MAHONY, D.

AU - Parekh, N.

AU - Pisa, F E

AU - Rajkumar, C.

AU - Wehling, M

PY - 2019

DA - 2019/02/11

PB - Springer Nature

SP - 275-283

IS - 2

VL - 10

PMID - 34652762

SN - 1878-7649

SN - 1878-7657

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@article{2019_Seppala,

author = {L J Seppala and N van der Velde and T Masud and H. Blain and M. Petrovic and T J Van Der Cammen and K Szczerbinska and S. Hartikainen and R A Kenny and J Ryg and P. Eklund and E Topinková and A. Mair and L Laflamme and H. Thaler and G Bahat and M Gutiérrez Valencia and Ma Caballero Mora and F Landi and M. H. Emmelot-Vonk and A. CHERUBINI and J.P. Baeyens and A Correa Pérez and A. Gudmundsson and A. Marengoni and D. O'MAHONY and N. Parekh and F E Pisa and C. Rajkumar and M Wehling},

title = {EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research},

journal = {European Geriatric Medicine},

year = {2019},

volume = {10},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {feb},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-019-00162-8},

number = {2},

pages = {275--283},

doi = {10.1007/s41999-019-00162-8}

}

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Seppala, L. J., et al. “EuGMS Task and Finish group on Fall-Risk-Increasing Drugs (FRIDs): Position on Knowledge Dissemination, Management, and Future Research.” European Geriatric Medicine, vol. 10, no. 2, Feb. 2019, pp. 275-283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-019-00162-8.

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European Geriatric Medicine

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1.009

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6.3

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3.6

ISSN

18787649 (Print)

18787657 (Electronic)