At a global level, these statistics are similar among developed countries. It is important to first identify the intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors that contribute to falls and then intervene appropriately once the level of fall risk has been identified. It is important to understand that there ...
Falls are one of the most common health problems among older people and pose a major economic burden on health care systems. Exercise is an accepted stand-alone fall prevention strategy particularly if it is balance training or regular participation in Tai chi. Dance shares the ‘holistic’ appro...
The aims of this study were to (1) externally validate the accuracy of the Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com) falls risk assessment tool in predicting falls and (2) undertake initial validation of the accuracy of the FROP-Com to predict injurious falls (requiring medical...
Older adults falls: important facts about falls. https://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/falls/adultfalls.html. Accessed May 1, 2018. 5. Hoffman GJ, Hays RD, Shapiro MF, Wallace SP, Ettner SL. The costs of fall-related injuries among older adults: Annual per-faller, service ...
Falls are a common but serious problem in older adults, and may lead to fractures and bleeding. As many factors, such as medication, aging, and comorbid diseases may simultaneously affect fall-related adverse events (AEs) in older adults, we evaluated th
11, 19 Finally, we included new national survey data from the WHO study on Global Ageing and Adult Health pertaining to the Chinese population in the estimation of injuries due to falls.11, 19 The data sources we used to estimate the disease burden in China are listed on the Global Health...
Risk Stratification in Special Populations When the point score (excluding the points assigned to age) was evaluated in different age groups, we found that our index discriminated well in all 3 of the age subgroups, with c statistics ranging from 0.77 to 0.72 (Figure). The c statistic in the...
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (FIFA). (2000).Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC. Google Scholar Felton, B.J., Hinrichsen, G.A., and Tsemberis, S. (1981). Urban-suburban differences in the predictors ...
The demand for care homes appears to be emerging as a key future trend in response to the burgeoning population of older adults, with the need for care pro
left us a sample of 4013 individuals for SR-falls. 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 ...