Review: intrinsic and environmental risk factor modification reduces falls in elderly people

Characteristics of Falls Among Institutionalized Elderly People

Objectives: Falls by elderly people area frequent cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in institutionalized elders. to describe the features of falls among institutionalized elderly people. Methods & Materials: characteristics of falls in the preceding six months (March 2006 - September 2006) that occurred among elder lies (aged over 60years) with normal physical function and cogniti...

Review: interventions targeting intrinsic and environmental risk factors reduce falls in older persons.

In community-dwelling or institutionalized older persons, which interventions are effective for reducing the incidence of falls? D a t a s o u r c e s Studies were identified by searching Cochrane reference lists of articles; and contacting researchers in the field. S t u d y s e l e c t i o n a n d a s s e s s m e n t Studies in any language were selected if they were randomized controlled tri...

Review: lack of evidence that multifactorial risk assessment and targeted interventions prevent falls in elderly people.

[Risk factors for falls in the elderly: systematic review].

OBJECTIVE To systematize results of prospective cohort studies on multiple risk factors for falls in the elderly and to assess their methodological quality. METHODS Systematic review of epidemiological studies from Medline, SciELO and Lilacs database. We included prospective cohort studies with samples of more than 100 subjects of both sexes, older than 64 years, and living either in the comm...

polypharmacy and falls in the elderly: a literature review

conclusions polypharmacy as an independent variable has been linked to falls in older people, however there appears to be a stronger link between falls and the type of medications taken (e.g. medications known to increase risk of falls), rather than polypharmacy on its own. polypharmacy can sometimes be therapeutic and it may be more beneficial to consider terms such as ‘inappropriate prescribi...