STRIDE: ASCERTAINING SERIOUS FALL-RELATED INJURIES IN A PRAGMATIC TRIAL OF FALL PREVENTION

Prevention of falls and fall-related injuries in older people.

As people get older, they may fall more often for a variety of reasons including problems with balance, poor vision, and dementia. About a third of community-dwelling people over 65 years old fall each year, and the incidence of falls, and fallrelated injuries, increases with age. Although less than 10% of falls in community-living older people result in a fracture, these are a significant sour...

Prevention of fall-related injuries in long-term care: a randomized controlled trial of staff education.

BACKGROUND Fall-related injuries, a major public health problem in long-term care, may be reduced by interventions that improve safety practices. Previous studies have shown that safety practice interventions can reduce falls; however, in long-term care these have relied heavily on external funding and staff. The aim of this study was to test whether a training program in safety practices for s...

Geriatric hospitalizations in fall-related injuries

BACKGROUND To investigate the injury pattern, severity, and mortality of elderly patients hospitalized for treatment of trauma following fall accidents. METHODS Data obtained from the Trauma Registry System were retrospectively reviewed for trauma admissions between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2013 in a Level I trauma center. Of 16,548 registered patients, detailed information was retrie...

Epidemiology of falls and fall-related injuries

Commentary on Incidence and cost of serious fall-related injuries in nursing homes.

BACKGROUND Fall-related injuries (FRIs) result in morbidity and mortality for patients, as well as unnecessary expense to health care institutions. OBJECTIVES (a) Estimate the incidence of falls and FRIs with a nursing home as the source of admission in Veterans Administration (VA) and non-VA facilities. (b) Estimate the cost of hospitalizations for each level of FRI severity. RESEARCH DESI...