Falls, depression and antidepressants in later life: a large primary care appraisal.

BACKGROUND: Depression and falls are common and co-exist for older people. Safe management of each of these conditions is important to quality of life. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was used to examine medication use associated with injurious and non-injurious falls in 21,900 community-dwelling...

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Main Authors: Ngaire Kerse, Leon Flicker, Jon J Pfaff, Brian Draper, Nicola T Lautenschlager, Moira Sim, John Snowdon, Osvaldo P Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2413407?pdf=render