Elderly users of fall-risk-increasing drug perceptions of fall risk and the relation to their drug use – a qualitative study

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic characteristic of the participants.

	Number
Gender
Female	7
Male	7
Age
Age range women in years (mean)	79–97 (87)
Age range men in years (mean)	66–85 (76.7)
Handling drugs themselves	12
Dizziness and fall injuries
Reported dizziness	4
Reported fall injuries	4
None of the above	6
Drugs
Range number all drug women (mean)	3–14 (7.4)
Range number all drug men (mean)	2–9 (4.7)
FRIDs
Range all FRID women (mean)	1–4 (2.4)
Range all FRID men (mean)	1–4 (2.3)
	(Number of appearance among informants)
Drug classes FRIDs	β-blockers (5), A II-blockers (5), Ca blockers (5), Diuretics (5), Z-hypnotics (4), antidepressant (3), ACE inhibitors (2) and α-β-blockers (1)

Table 2. Overview of findings.

Main theme	Subthemes
‘It is not related to drug use’	Other risk factors perceived as more prominent
	Adapting everyday life instead of bothering the physician
Suspecting the drug	Information about drug as a fall risk factor
	Adjusting drug use by themselves
Communication with the physician about drug use	‘I trust my physician when it comes to drugs’.
	Feeling rejected by the physician when presenting a problem
	The trade-off between the effect and side effect