Military studies Environmental effects on incidence of falls in the hospitalized elderly TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY Rae Langford CozartHuberta Corazon ThiamThe aim of this experimental study was to measure the effectiveness of a primary prevention environmental fall intervention using a Fall Prevention Room...
Incidence and consequences of falls in free-living healthy elderly persons. L'annee gerontologique (Facts and research in Gerontology) 1993; 7: 217-28.Vellas BJ, Baumgartner RN, Romero LJ, Wayne SJ, Garry PJ. Incidence and consequences of falls in free-living healthy elderly persons. Facts ...
elderlyfallsinsomnianursingpainAim: The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of falls among community-dwelling older adults and the impact of pain and insomnia on falls. Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 659 older adults. Pain was assessed by the Geriatric Pain Measure, ...
Altogether 3.8% of the elderly population (men: 2.5%; women: 4.4%) sought medical treatment due to a fall at least once during this year. When repeated falls were taken into account, the total incidence rate was 5.5 per 100 persons per year. The cumulative incidence rate (percentage of ...
摘要: Objectives: To test whether Stepping On, a multifaceted community-based program using a small-group learning environment, is effective in reducing falls in at-risk people living at home.关键词:accidental falls elderly prevention cognitive-behavioral small-group intervention ...
FARE-based calculations enable the early identification of people at high risk of falls and provide a more sensitive outcome measure for studies evaluating falls prevention interventions. 展开 关键词: physical activity falls injury risk elderly age gender ...
Since the elderly population, especially the very old, is expected to increase in the future, prevention of falls (taking up 80% of total treatment costs) and vehicle accidents (causing the most critical injuries) is of utmost importance....
Non-elderly patients had 5038 preventable adverse events (incidence 1.58% (0.14%)) compared with 4134 (2.95% (0.28%)) in elderly patients (P=0.001). Elderly patients had a higher incidence of preventable events related to medical procedures (such as thoracentesis, cardiac catheterisation) (0.69%...
The objectives of this population based cohort study of 3997 women was to determine the incidence of falling and risk factors related to falls during pregnancy. Birth certificate data identified women who had delivered a child within the previous 2 months. Subjects were reached either by phone, in...
Injuries from falls represented 49.8% of cases, and motor vehicle accidents 18.9%. The male:female ratio in the low-falls group was 1.2:1, and among the elderly patients, it was 0.5:1. Lesions at the cervical level were involved in 49.3%, thoracic in 24.7%, and lumbar/sacral in 23.5%...