Falls are a major public health problem, occurring in more than 27% of adults 65 years and older and costing the U.S. health care system tens of billions of dollars each year. The most common risk factors are prior falls, balance disorders, fear of falling, and dementia. Regular physical...
An outpatient multifactorial falls prevention intervention does not reduce falls in high-risk elderly Danes. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009;57(6):971-977.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 28. Wagner EH, LaCroix AZ, Grothaus L, et al. Preventing disability and falls in older adults: a population-based ...
Almost one in three adults over the age of 65 falls each year, making falls the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries in this age group. In the United States alone, the estimated annual medical cost of injuries from falls among the elderly is $50 bi...
This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with spontaneous falls among people aged ≥ 60 years in southern Iran. Methods The baseline data of 2,426 samples from the second stage of the first phase of a prospective cohort, the Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) program, were ...
Gillespie LD, Gillespie WJ, Robertson MC, Lamb SE, Cumming RG, Rowe BH: Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people (Cochrane Review). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Sherrington C, Whitney J, Lord S, Herbert R, Cumming R, Close J: Effective exercise for the prevention of falls – ...
Although accidental falls in the elderly have been the subject of extensive research during the past 20 years, it is still a major health problem in a rapidly ageing global population [1–6]. Unintentional injuries are the fifth leading cause of death in older adults after cardiovascular, neopla...
. In addition, however, drug-related factors can also be responsible for falls in the elderly. In this regard, special attention should be paid to hypnotic sedatives and primarily to benzodiazepines (BZDs), since they are widely used in older adults [6], are the hypnotic sedatives of ...
Can health visitors prevent fractures in elderly people? BMJ. 1992;304(6831):888-890.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 50. Tricco A, Thomas S. Open Science Framework. Comparative efficacy of preventing falls in older adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. https://...
MEDLINE and Embase from database inception until July 1, 2020, using the terms “fall”, “disease burden”, “mortality”, “incidence”, “prevalence”, “disability-adjusted life year”, epidemiology”,”epidemiological data”, “China”, “Chinese”, “aged”, “old”, AND “elderly”. ...
A score for predicting the fall risk of elderly people was developed and internally verified; this score exhibited greater accuracy in predicting falls than traditional assessments such as the Timed Up and Go test and the 30-Second Chair Sit-Stand test scores. Additionally, the scale demonstrated ...