A Study to establish a connection between drugs and fall in elderly patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: T149- Unspecified injury
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/05/052884
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Pharamcology
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients above 65 years of both genders admitted in the trauma center with severe injuries due to fall.
2. Patients willing to give consent for the study.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients admitted in the trauma center with severe injuries due to other reasons like road traffic accidents
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Categorization of the regular medications consumed by the elderly for their comorbid conditions. <br/ ><br>2.The proportion of elderly patients consuming fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs) <br/ ><br>3.The proportion of elderly patients with different types of injury <br/ ><br>4.The proportion of cases with cognitive impairment in elderly <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1 year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To estimate the proportion of cases with cognitive impairment in elderly patients admitted due to fall using Mini-mental-State-Examination.Timepoint: 1 year