Falls account for one of the most common and serious issues contributing to a disability, especially among elderly individuals. Tinetti et al. in 1988 defined a fall as an event that results in a person coming to rest on the ground or other lower-level unintentionally, which is not as a r...
Fall Risk Prevalence and Determinants in Elderly InstitutionalizedRosa MartinsDaniela CamposHelena MoreiraCarlos AlbuquerqueAna AndradeConceio Martins
Falls are a common problem in the older population. One third of individuals 65 years and older fall at least once a year and up to half of these patients have recurrent falls [1,2]. Fortunately, most falls do not result in any serious harm. Five to 10% of falls lead to a fracture...
The prevalence of depression among the empty-nest elderly in China:a meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies Empty-nest elderly are those who have no children or whose children are away from home,and they have to live alone or with their spouses.The prevalence of ... T Yang,CM Zhang,RR...
Falls, syncope, and the associated complications are among the most serious problems that face the elderly population. The most common underlying causes an... LZ Rubenstein,KR Josephson - 《Clinics in Geriatric Medicine》 被引量: 1621发表: 2002年 Chang J, Morton S, Rubenstein L, et al. Inte...
Fear of falling and low self-efficacy: a case of dependence in elderly persons. J Gerontol. 1993;48 Spec No:35–8. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Young WR, Mark WA. How fear of falling can increase fall-risk in older adults: applying psychological theory to practical observations. ...
Prevalence and determinants of fall risk among elderly inpatients at a tertiary care public teaching hospital A positive correlation between high fall risk drugs andaverage fall risk score was observed.Conclusions. In India, falls among the elderly is an emerging ... I Rashid,P Tiwari,S Lehl 被...
In no fall group, 66.5% of patients had KPS score 90-100 as compared to 33.5% of patients with KPS score [less than or equal to] 80 (p < 0.001). Falls in Older Patients with Cancer Undergoing Surgery: Prevalence and Association with Geriatric Syndromes and Levels of Disability Assessed ...
Prevalence of Cardioinhibitory Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity (CICSH) in accident and emergency attendences with falls or syncope A fall is defined as "coming to rest at a lower level with or without loss of consciousness". In previous studies up to 30% of patients with CICSH present ... DA...
<MissingAbstract>Reduced physical activity (PA) is common in the elderly. It has been shown1 that maintaining a relatively high level of PA is associated with a decrease in fall prevalence (FP). This may be explained by the fact that older adults who remain physically active maintain functiona...