The incidence of falls is known to be higher in psychiatric settings, and this is particularly so in older adult settings (Blair and Gruman, 2006). Risk factors predisposing older adult psychiatric patients to falls include chronic illness, high rates of cognitive disturbance, psychotropic medication...
In our analysis we used information from the Danish National Patient Registry (DNPR), which details administrative and clinical data on all patient contacts with Danish non-psychiatric hospitals since 1977 and psychiatric specialty clinics or hospitals since 1995 [30]. Falls were defined as ED visits...
As the cause of falls in the elderly is largely multifactorial, it is relevant to analyse a broad range of intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for falls [7,20]. Saari (2007) and Pluijm (2006) applied a multifactorial approach with 10- and 3-year follow-ups, respectively [21,22]. Anste...
Prevalence of falls in adult and older adult psychiatric patients in China: a systematic review and comprehensive meta-analysis of observational studies Psychiatry Res, 266 (2018), pp. 18-25 View PDFView articleView in ScopusGoogle Scholar 7 H Wu, P Ouyang Fall prevalence, time trend and its...
It is thus especially important in these cases to take into account not only the autopsy findings but also toxicology results, findings at the death scene, and the medical, psychiatric, and social history of the victim. The aim of this review is to summarize the most important findings in ...
16 17 18 19 20 Setting 21 22 QH operates 167 hospital facilities with 8 859 beds, 27 residential care facilities with 23 24 1 798 beds and four specialised psychiatric residential facilities with 458 beds 25 26 respectively. QH hospital facilities are geographically scattered...
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DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE SETTINGS Another investigation found that individuals with panic disorder visited their primary care practitioner at three times the rate of other patients. 69 The ... JP Staab,CJ Datto,RM Weinrieb,... - 《Medical Clinics of...
It is thus especially important in these cases to take into account not only the autopsy findings but also toxicology results, findings at the death scene, and the medical, psychiatric, and social history of the victim. The aim of this review is to summarize the most important findings in ...
Development and Validation of A New Tool for Assessing Risk of Falls in Acute Psychiatric Settingsdoi:10.4172/1522-4821.1000330Valentina MoriciStefano TerzoniPaolo FerraraAnne DestrebecqOMICS International