fall-related injuries
The cost of fall-related injuries among older people in NSW, 2006–07
... of fall-related injury among older people in ...treated fall- related injuries among older people resulted in lifetime treatment costs of ...these injuries resulted in hospital ...
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Fall related injuries in a nursing home setting: is polypharmacy a risk factor?
... a fall from the wheelchair, a fall in the bedroom and a "random" or incidental fall, when not otherwise explained) and fall outcome (severity of ...injuries). ...
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Characteristics of fall-related injuries attended by an ambulance in Sydney, Australia: a surveillance summary
... options related to falls, such as assessment, screen- ing and treatment, and to direct referrals to general practi- tioners or community health ...of fall-related injuries in the population, ...
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Developing an Intervention for Fall-Related Injuries in Dementia (DIFRID): an integrated, mixed-methods approach
... to fall as people without de- mentia ...sustain injuries may be greater than in those who do not sustain injuries [5, ...of fall-related injuries in people with ...
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Association of benzodiazepine and Z-drug use with the risk of hospitalisation for fall-related injuries among older people: a nationwide nested case–control study in Taiwan
... of fall- related injuries than ...of fall-related ...severe fall- related injuries may not have been recorded in the NHIRD, we used E-code to define the ...the ...
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Fall-Related Injuries in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Qom Province, Iran, 2010-2012
... Many risk factors are associated with falling, which are categorized as internal or environmental factors or per- sonal, nutritional, economic, social, drug, and medical status causes. Low light of the environment, ...
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<p>Association Between Arterial Stiffness, Frailty and Fall-Related Injuries in Older Adults</p>
... Orthostatic hypotension was revealed in 4.9% (n=8) participants in the study, but it was not associated with high CAVI or fall-related injuries (Tables 1 – 2). However, women with high CAVI had a ...
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Development of an algorithm to identify fall-related injuries and costs in Medicare data
... identify fall-related injuries and as- sociated costs, practical methods that are cost-efficient and easier to implement are becoming more ...for fall-related injuries and ...
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Effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving physical and psychological outcomes of fall-related injuries in people with dementia: a narrative systematic review
... most injuries are not fractures and may still be associated with adverse outcomes, there is a need for further research which includes patients whose injury is not a hip ...how fall-related ...
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Multiple component interventions for preventing falls and fall-related injuries among older people: systematic review and meta-analysis
... for fall risk ratio and 17 estimates in the meta-analysis of fall rate ...ious injuries (that comprised fractures and hospital ad- missions due to injury) ...of fall-related ...
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Savings in acute care costs if all older adults treated for fall-related injuries completed matter of balance
... Third, the cost savings estimates we calculated were limited to ED and inpatient care for repeat fall injuries. We did not include costs associated with follow-up re- habilitation, stays in long term care ...
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Epidemiology, morbidity and mortality from fall-related injuries in the United Arab Emirates
... Falls from the same level in our study occured more at home. Falls among the elderly, including same-level falls, can cause serious injuries and death [30]. Five percent of our patients were of more than 65 years ...
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Geriatric hospitalizations in fall-related injuries
... considers one injury per body region [17]. The NISS, a modification of the ISS in 1997, is defined as the sum of a patient’s three most severe injuries, regardless of body region [18]. The TRISS utilizes the ...
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A prospective cohort study measuring cost benefit analysis of the Otago Exercise Programme in community dwelling adults with rheumatoid arthritis
... Trained physiotherapists or nurses are able to deliver the programme in the home setting. Patients are shown how to do a set of in-home exercises tailored to their needs during a one-hour visit and 3 to 4 half hour ...
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Abstract The Leading health problem in older community is fall. Nearly 70% of the older people are suffering from
... the fall and also subsequent activities to reduce the fall related ...a fall detecting algorithm based on the data obtained by the 3-axial accelerometer ...the fall 300 ms before the ...
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Population-Based Study of Fall Injuries in Children and Adolescents Resulting in Hospitalization or Death
... Fractures and dislocations were the most common injury leading to hospitalization, occurring in 73.6% of children admitted with fall-related injuries (Table.. 4).[r] ...
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Falls and consequent injuries in hospitalized patients: effects of an interdisciplinary falls prevention program
... [1-5]. Fall rates vary from ...[5-17]. Fall related injuries occur in 15% to 50% of the patients, including major injuries such as fractures or lacerations in 1% to 10% ...
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Validating administrative data for the detection of adverse events in older hospitalized patients
... 56 fall-related injuries, and 69 adverse drug events were identified through health record ...54 fall-related injuries, and 47 adverse drug events were also identified in ...
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Females fall more from heights but males survive less among a geriatric population: insights from an American level 1 trauma center
... The limitations of this study include the use of a retrospect- ive design and the lack of availability of data regarding the risk factors, other than diabetes and alcoholism, such as pulmonary, cardiac and stroke in ...
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Fall-Related Stigma in Older Adulthood: A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding the Influence of Stigma on Older Adults' Reported Attitudes and Behaviours Regarding Falls
... or related personal experience characterized by exclusion, rejection, blame, or devaluation that results from experience or reasonable anticipation of an adverse social judgment about a person or group identified ...
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