Falls among elderly and their connection with polypharmacy and polypragmasy

Bartoszek Adrian, Sagan Andrzej, Korga Wojciech, Szalast Kamil. Falls among elderly and their connection with polypharmacy and polypragmasy. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(8):667-673. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1344673 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5792 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.08.2018. Revised: 03.08.2018. Accepted: 13.08.2018. Falls among elderly and their connection with polypharmacy and polypragmasy Adrian Bartoszek1, Andrzej Sagan2, Wojciech Korga3, Kamil Szalast4 1 Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland 2 Control Engineering and Robotics, Faculty of Electronics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland 3 Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland 4 Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Lublin University of Technology, Poland Corresponding author: Adrian Bartoszek email: adrianbartoszek96@gmail.com ORCID: 0000-0002-6840-7320 Summary Falls, as a part of so-called great geriatric problems, cause a decrease in functional capacity and negatively affect the quality of life of older people. Risk factors for falls are divided into internal and external ones. The aim of the article is to describe the problem of falls among the elderly, with particular emphasis on recurring falls and their relationship with polypharmacy and polypragmasy. The work presents the principles of rational pharmacotherapy for older people. It should be emphasized that in addition to rational pharmacotherapy, fall prevention programs, including strength and coordination trainings and education of the elderly in the topic of organizing a safe home environment, should be implemented. Key words: falls, recurrent falls, elderly, polypharmacy, polypragmasy