[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of six weeks of visual biofeedback training for prevention of falling in the elderly. The Tetrax system was used for visual biofeedback training. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty elderly persons (experimental group=15, control group=15) who were above 70 and under 80 years of age participated in biofeedback training. They were trai...

In people with uncontrolled chronic epilepsy there is an excess mortality directly attributable to the epilepsy itself. This is largely due to accidental and non-accidental deaths occurring during or immediately after seizures. Most sudden unexpected deaths in epilepsy fall within the latter category. To acknowledge rather than conceal these deaths is essential before prevention strategies can ...

OBJECTIVE to evaluate the impact of a staff-oriented intervention on the number of accidental falls in residents with and without cognitive impairment. DESIGN clustered randomised controlled trial. METHODS ten nursing wards from 7 nursing homes were randomised in a control (5 wards) and intervention (5 wards) group. The nurses from the intervention group received multi-faceted training abou...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of carotid sinus hypersensitivity and orthostatic hypotension in older patients with non-accidental falls attending an accident and emergency department. DESIGN A prospective case-control non-randomized study. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews, physical examination and neurocardiovascular investigations. SETTING We recruited cases and ...

Aging of the patient population has led to increased occurrence of accidental falls in acute care settings. The aim of this study is to survey the annual occurrence of falls in a university hospital, and to examine procedures to prevent fall. A total of 49,059 inpatients were admitted to our hospital from April 2015 to March 2016. A fall assessment scale was developed to estimate the risk of fa...

Background Patient falls are considered a challenge to the patient’s safety in hospitals, which, in addition to increasing the length of stay and costs, may also result in severe injuries or even the death of the patient. This study aims to investigate the associations between risk factors among fallers in comparison with the control group.   Methods A prospective nested...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify whether rates of accidental falls are greater for cancer survivors living in the community during or post-treatment than people with no history of cancer.
. DATA SOURCES In a systematic literature review that was conducted in December 2013, MEDLINE®, EMBASE, PubMed, and Web of Science were searched for cancer or oncology and accidental falls in prospective and r...