1. Overview

    Phenotype Type
    Drug
    Sex
    Both
    Valid Event Date Range
    No data
    Coding System
    SNOMED CT codes
    Data Sources
    No data
    Collections
    No data
    Tags
    No data
    Ontology
    No data

  2. Definition

    This phenotype identifies individuals prescribed falls risk increasing drugs (FRIDs) in routinely collected electronic health records. FRIDs are medications associated with an increased risk of falls through effects such as sedation, dizziness, impaired cognition, orthostatic hypotension, or impaired motor function. The phenotype is intended for use in studies of falls risk assessment, epidemiology, risk prediction, and evaluation of fall prevention interventions. Case ascertainment is based on prescribing records for medication classes recognised as increasing falls risk.

  3. Implementation

    Implementation

    No data

  4. Clinical Codelist

  5. Publication

    Related publications

    • Lear, R., Tao, R., Carenzo, C. et al. Identifying high-risk patient clusters for falls using unsupervised machine learning on linked primary and secondary care electronic health record data. Sci Rep (2026).

      (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-55527-4)

    Citation Example

    Rachael Lear, Rachel Tao, Catalina Carenzo, Ekin Yagis, Zhuoyu Li, Maria Tipper, Agnes Motsi, Sharon O’Malley, Yusuf Abdullahi, Ben Glampson, Colin Mitchell, Erik K Mayer. PH4405 / 9624 - Falls Risk Increasing Drugs (FRIDs). Concept Library [Online]. 10 July 2026. Available from: http://conceptlibrary.saildatabank.com/phenotypes/PH4405/version/9624/detail/. [Accessed 10 November 2026]

  6. API

    To Export Phenotype Details:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH4405/version/9624/detail/?format=json
    R Package

    # Download here

    library(ConceptLibraryClient)


    # Connect to API

    client = ConceptLibraryClient::Connection$new(public=TRUE)


    # Get details of Phenotype

    phenotype_details = client$phenotypes$get_detail(
     'PH4405',
     version_id=9624
    )

    Py Package

    # Download here

    from pyconceptlibraryclient import Client


    # Connect to API

    client = Client(public=True)


    # Get details of Phenotype

    phenotype_detail = client.phenotypes.get_detail(
     'PH4405',
     version_id=9624
    )

    To Export Phenotype Code List:

    FormatAPI
    JSON site_root/api/v1/phenotypes/PH4405/version/9624/export/codes/?format=json
    R Package

    # Download here

    library(ConceptLibraryClient)


    # Connect to API

    client = ConceptLibraryClient::Connection$new(public=TRUE)


    # Get codelist of Phenotype

    phenotype_codelist = client$phenotypes$get_codelist(
     'PH4405',
     version_id=9624
    )

    Py Package

    # Download here

    from pyconceptlibraryclient import Client


    # Connect to API

    client = Client(public=True)


    # Get codelist of Phenotype

    phenotype_codelist = client.phenotypes.get_codelist(
     'PH4405',
     version_id=9624
    )

  7. Version History

    Version IDNameOwnerPublish date
    Falls Risk Increasing Drugs (FRIDs) Zhuoyu.Li2026-10-02 10:30