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Drug Interactions and Hip Fracture Risk in Older Adults

Completed
Conditions
Hip Fractures
Interventions
Drug: drug interaction
Registration Number
NCT04731597
Lead Sponsor
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Brief Summary

Older people are in great risk of hip fracture for multiple reasons. Also they often are on medications for medical conditions. Hip fracture risk increases in relation to some medications. When older peoples take 2 or more medications they are in increase risk of hip fracture.

Detailed Description

In this study the investigators describe medication intake profile and identify older people risk of hip fracture in relation to their medication when they are taken together.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
9721
Inclusion Criteria

* Affiliated patients to the HMO Plan de Salud Hospital Italiano at least 6 months affiliated.

older than 64 years old

* affiliated between 01/07/2014 al 31/12/2019.

Exclusion Criteria
  • Pathological Hip fracture
  • bilateral elective hip replacement previous study period

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Cases with hip fracturedrug interactionPatients afiliated to a HMO Plan de Salud Hospital Italiano who presented hip fracture between 2014 and 2019
controls without hip fracturedrug interactionPatients afiliated to a HMO Plan de Salud Hospital Italiano without hip fracture between 2014 and 2019
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
hip fracture1 year

non pathological hip fracture

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

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Caba, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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