Preliminary research in subjects with cognitive impairment and dementia suggests that physiotherapy may have a role in falls prevention. Additionally, risk-factor-targeted interventions may reduce the risk of falls in patients who have cardiovascular abnormalities and neurocardiovascular instability....
Given the various causes of falls, prevention, and management must be multidimensional and interprofessional. The Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a multidisciplinary instrument used in the evaluation of older patients at risk of falling. In addition to the history and physical examination, a...
While patient acceptance rates across various types of fall prevention interventions appear quite high (e.g., approximately 70% of older adults agree to participate in studies regardless of eligibility [25]), evidence on patients’ stated preferences for different types and/or formats of interventions...
Inappropriate prescribing in geriatric patients : Dementia and falls preventionThe article focuses on the impact of inappropriate medication prescribing in adverse... Cautfield,Jachintha,S. - 《Drug Topics》 被引量: 1发表: 2007年 A multifactorial intervention for the prevention of falls in psychogeri...
Burn Injury in Patients with Dementia: An Impetus for Prevention. Current literature has reported an increase in the rates of morbidity and mortality in elderly dementia patients who have suffered from illnesses such as p... NE Alden - 《Journal of Burn Care & Rehabilitation》 被引量: 19发表...
Getting older increases the chance of lots of health problems,such as heart disease, dementia and diabetes. And here’s another major health risk in our golden years: falls. One in 4 people age 65 or older suffers a fall each year, and 3 million wind up in the emergency room for taking...
Aim: Primary or secondary study aim was not fall prevention. KQ indicates key question; USPSTF, US Preventive Services Task Force. aStudies may appear in more than 1 intervention category. Figure 3. Pooled Analyses for Multifactorial and Exercise Interventions View LargeDownload IRR indicates ...
dementia and cognitive impairment. A more recent review [14] also focused on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Although other reviews have looked at fall prevention in hosptial settings [15,16] we did not find any systematic reviews which explored fall prevention interventions specifically...
Lipid-Lowering Therapy for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly Although HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) have been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in patients aged 65鈥 80 years who have clinical... JG Robinson - 《Drugs & Aging》 被引量: 80...
Analyses of Studies on the Intervention programs for the Prevention of Falls in Elderly with Dementia The purpose of this study was to determine the status of interventional studies to prevent falling in elderly with dementia and to determine the contents and effectiveness of intervention programs to...