ConclusionThe circumstances and consequences of falls in persons with ID are comparable to those of the general elderly population, but the rate is substantially higher. As such, appropriate fall prevention strategies must be developed for individuals with ID....
The effect on fall rate of blood glucose testing at the time of falls in elderly diabetics 来自 EBSCO 喜欢 0 阅读量: 26 作者:E Waclawski,N Cherry,A Wagg 摘要: Objective To determine the pattern of blood sugar and HbA1c testing among supportive living residents with diabetes and whether, ...
China’s birth rate — the number of births per 1,000 people in the total population — fell by just under 30 per cent between 2019 and 2021, the largest two-year fall since 1961. Just 10.6mn babies were born in Chi...
Milisen K, Staelens N, Schwendimann R, De Paepe L, Verhaeghe J, Braes T, Boonen S, Pelemans W, Kressig RW, Dejaeger E (2007) Fall prediction in inpatients by bedside nurses using the St Thomas’s risk assessment tool in falling elderly inpatients (STRATIFY) instrument: a multicenter ...
Despite the FROP-Com’s low predictive accuracy, the high fall rate and high falls risk of the sample suggest that older people who fall, present to ED and are discharged home are at high risk of future falls. In high-falls-risk populations such as in this study, the FROP-Com is not...
This 10% drop-out rate in dance classes is also considerably lower than the average drop-out rate from other senior-specific programs (e.g. cardio, strength, osteo, diabetes), which are reported to be on average 26% after 3 months and 49% after a year. It has also been reported that...
found that the incidence rate of falls was significantly higher within the first 14 days after the initiation for all classes of antihypertensives [46]. Taken together, these studies suggest that antihypertensives may increase the risk of falls in the initiation period, not in the maintenance ...
The report, which is based on Eurostat data, points to a generalfall in the birth ratein the EU Member States, an increase in the number of elderly people and a steady fall in the number of young people. not-set The first three main causes for the population decline are a high rate...
the exercise group had a lower fall rate than the control group (exercise 2.7 falls per PY, control 5.9 falls per PY), incidence rate ratio (95% CI) 0.44 (0.210.91), p=0.03.Conclusions: In older people living in residential care facilities, a high-intensity functional exercise program may...
Feasibility of using everyday abilities scale of India as alternative to mental state examination as a screen in two-phase survey estimating the prevalence... A situation analysis report on elderly in India shows that the literacy rate for persons aged above 60 is 36%. Using HMSE and its mod...