Fall risk-increasing drugsFalls are the most common cause of injuries and hospital admissions in the elderly. The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare has created a list of drugs considered to increase the fall risk (FRIDs) and drugs that might cause/worsen orthostatism (ODs). This ...
Medication use may be associated with falls and fall injuries among older adults. Nearly one third of community-dwelling U.S. adults over 65 years old experience falls annually, with the percent increasing to 50% in adults over 80 years old [1,2]. Of those who fall, 5% incur serious...
A comprehensive fall risk assessment is multifactorial and a time-consuming process including but not limited to medication review, cognitive screening, detailing a history of falls, as well as evaluating gait, balance [18], and environmental hazards or hazardous activities that have been documented ...
Your child's risk for falls is higher if he or she has a medical condition that decreases movement. Your child can fall while he or she is being moved or the position is being changed. If your child is in a wheelchair, he or she can fall from or tip over the wheelchair. Wheelchairs...
Wearable inertial measurement units (IMUs) are being used to quantify gait characteristics that are associated with increased fall risk, but the current limitation is the lack of contextual information that would clarify IMU data. Use of wearable video-based cameras would provide a comprehensive under...
Reviews of ‘medication reviews’ (n = 1) found no impact on the rate of people who had a fall. Table 4 Number of systematic reviews investigating people who experienced a fall by setting, intervention, and direction of outcome Full size table The profile of interventions likely to ...
Patient at Risk to Fall Name and Unit Number are to be written distinctly when plate is not available P ATIENT I DENTIFICATION A REA Universal Interventions for Fall Prevention The following interventions apply to all patients Orient patient to surroundings, including bathroom location, use of bed...
PD participants completed an additional questionnaire that provided information on PD duration when medication was last taken, and whether they had an implanted deep brain stimulation system (Table 2). Information regarding each participant’s PD diagnosis, medication and deep brain stimulation state, ...
A previous study that performed a meta-analysis on 14 randomized controlled trials to evaluate the effects of medication review on fall prevention in community-dwelling older adults revealed that adjusting medications that were associated with falls could decrease the risk of falls, although the risk ...
Testing in the IG and CG, for physical and psychological fall risk, was conducted at T0 and at T1. The testing was split between the GPs, who managed medication and chronic diseases, and the trained staff mem- ber, who managed the questionnaires and physical perfor- mance tests. Each GP ...