Falls are one of the most frequently occurring adverse events that impact upon the recovery of older hospital inpatients. Falls can threaten both immediate and longer-term health and independence. There is need to identify cost-effective means for preventing falls in hospitals. Hospital-based falls ...
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Falls in hospital are associated with longer length of stay, readmissions and poor outcomes. Falls prevention is informed by knowledge of reversible falls risk factors and accurate risk identification. The extent to which hospital falls are prevented by evidence-based practice, patient self-management ...
As prespecified in the review protocol (Supplement), we employed DerSimonian and Laird’s random-effects model18 (with Mantel-Haenszel method). Heterogeneity was evaluated using the I2 statistics, with an I2 greater than 50% representing substantial heterogeneity.19 Potential bias was evaluated ...
intervention encompassing multidisciplinary risk assessment and tailored treatments. CG161 also incorporates thereactivepathway, wherein older persons who experienced a fall requiring medical attention are referred to multifactorial intervention. Another potential pathway mentioned in other UK guidelines is the...
Data were then analysed using MATLAB to obtain average daily statistics for time spent sedentary (lying and sitting), upright (walking and standing), walking and the number of steps taken over 24-hours periods. To assess methods of collecting ‘quality of life’ and psychosocial variables, we ...
In addition to whether an individual reported a fall, we also explored whether individuals were hospitalised as a result of a fall using linked Admitted Patient Care (APC) data from NHS Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). These data provided were available from February 1997 to January 2018, whic...
In the UK alone, the annual cost of falls to the National Health Service (NHS) is estimated as being in excess of £2.3 billion and it is anticipated that this figure will continue to rise [5]. Approximately 30% of older adults over the age of 65 years and 50% of adults over ...
As a result, exercise interventions now form part of clinical guidelines for fall prevention in the United States (US), United Kingdom (UK) [9] and Australia [10]. Most programs target fitness dimensions (e.g., muscle strength, aerobic capacity, balance, agility) are delivered (a) with ...
- National vital statistics reports: from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System 被引量: 249发表: 2006年 Physiological parameter system A control signal is output from the combination of the parameter and the quality ...