منابع مشابه
Falls in people with dementia
..........................................................................7 POPULÄRVETENSKAPLIG SAMMANFATTNING PÅ SVENSKA .............................................................................9 ABBREVIATIONS ...............................................................11 ORIGINAL PAPERS ...........................................................12 INTRODUCTION.............................
متن کاملFalls in Older People With Dementia
Falls are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in older people with dementia, which in the Western World has a prevalence of approximately 5% in those aged over 65 years and 15% in those aged over 80. However, in comparison with the extensive research base in cognitively intact older persons, relatively little is known about the etiology of falls in older people with dementia or how to...
متن کاملAssociation between dentures and the rate of falls in dementia
BACKGROUND Poor oral health, chronic diseases, functional decline, and low cognitive ability can increase the risk of falls in the elderly. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to show the effects of oral health, diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HT), heart disease, functional status, and sociodemographic factors on the risk of falls in elderly with dementia. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sam...
متن کاملEtiology of Syncope and Unexplained Falls in Elderly Adults with Dementia: Syncope and Dementia (SYD) Study.
OBJECTIVES To investigate the etiology of transient loss of consciousness (T-LOC) suspected to be syncope and unexplained falls in elderly adults with dementia. DESIGN Prospective, observational, multicenter study. SETTING Acute care wards, syncope units or centers for the diagnosis of dementia. PARTICIPANTS Individuals aged 65 and older with a diagnosis of dementia and one or more episod...
متن کاملCan falls in patients with dementia be prevented?
The annual incidence of falls in patients with dementia is 40-60% [1, 2], twice the rate of the equivalent cognitively normal elderly population [1]. Serious injury is more common and one-quarter of patients with dementia who fall sustain a fracture: three times the age-adjusted figure for expected fracture incidence [1, 3, 4]. In addition, patients with dementia who fall have a poorer prognosi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afz164.30