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Table 2 Medicines interventions with propensity to affect falls and drug burden

From: Process evaluation for the Care Homes Independent Pharmacist Prescriber Study (CHIPPS)

Intervention

Falls Odds Ratio.

 

1–1.5

1.51–2

> 2

All

 

No (%) of interventions

Stop

17 (18%)

77 (82%)

0 (0%)

94 (100%)

Start

4 (20%)

15 (75%)

1 (5%)

20 (100%)

Dose reduction

8 (15%)

46 (85%)

0 (0%)

54 (100%)

Dose increase

1 (5.9%)

16 (94%)

0 (0%)

17 (100%)

 

DBI Score

 

0.1–0.5

0.51–1

1.01–1.5

All

 

No. (%) interventions

Stop

81 (61.4%)

51 (38.6%)

0 (0%)

132 (100%)

Start

3 (50%)

3 (50%)

0 (0%)

6 (100%)

Dose reduction

26 (55.3%)

21 (44.7%)

0 (0%)

47 (100%)

Dose increase

4 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4 (100%)