111 Disparities between Actual and Perceived Fall Risk Affect Participation in 5 Fall Prevention Interventions
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The Neighborhood Environment: Perceived Fall Risk, Resources, and Strategies for Fall Prevention.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To explore the experience of older adults in their neighborhood in relation to perceived fall risk, fear of falling (FOF), and resources/strategies for fall prevention. DESIGN AND METHODS Fourteen older adults, 65 years of age and older from 3 urban senior centers, participated in this qualitative study. The semistructured interview guidelines and background questionnaire...
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Over 60% of falls experienced by older people result from multiple aetiological factors. Preventing falls in individual patients requires the identification and treatment of these interacting factors. Multifactorial interventions have been successful in some, but not all, fall prevention trials. Preventing falls in populations requires selection of the population most likely to benefit, and sel...
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OBJECTIVE To review fall epidemiology, risk factors, assessments and intervention methods, and outcomes in order to provide guidance to pharmacists. DATA SOURCES Recently published articles listed in Medline and resources on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality website (www.ahrq.gov) identified using the search terms falls, medications and falls, fall risk factors, and falls interve...
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BACKGROUND Objective measurements can be used to identify people with risks of falls, but many frail elderly adults cannot complete physical performance tests. The study examined the relationship between a subjective risk rating of specific tasks (SRRST) to screen for fall risks and falls and fall-related fractures in frail elderly people. METHODS The SRRST was investigated in 5,062 individua...
متن کاملComplexities of fall prevention.
Falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults and are an independent predictor variable leading to nursing home admission [1]. Each year, 20 percent of people older than 65 sustain serious falls [2]. Accidental death among the elderly is most often caused by falls [3]. The effects of falls, however, are not limited to physical injury; psychological and social sequelae ha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afz164.111