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Medication use and falls.
| Falls (N = 81) |
No falls (N = 77) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Total number of medications | 7.99 (4.14) | 6.88 (3.68) | 0.87 |
| Number of prescribed medications | 6.53 (3.31) | 5.21 (2.63) | 0.01 |
| Number of over-the-counter medications | 1.46 (1.88) | 1.68 (1.95) | 0.47 |
| Number of PIMs | 1.30 (1.38) | 0.94 (1.06) | 0.07 |
| Number of PIMs contraindicated due to history of falls | 0.55 (0.50) | 0.34 (0.48) | 0.01 |
PIM: potentially inappropriate medication; SD: standard deviation.
