risk factors for falls
Risk Factors for Falls During Inpatient Rehabilitation
... fied risk factors differ considerably depending on the population ...that risk factors for falls differ between different groups of elderly patients undergoing rehabilitation, thus ...
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On one's own feet - Falls, risk factors and falls prevention in persons with intellectual disabilities.
... 2 Implications and recommendations for future research The objective of this study was to review balance and gait capacities in persons with ID, since these capacities are important for many activities of daily living ...
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Risk assessment of and targeted intervention for falls in the elderly based on the relationship between physical function levels and risk factors for falls
... future falls, clinicians place too much emphasis on this factor during risk assessment of ...fall risk on the basis of the relationship between physical function levels [competence in performing ...
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Falls in older people: epidemiology, risk factors and strategies for prevention
... because falls are usually multifactorial in origin, many investigators have performed both prospective and retrospective epidemiological studies to identify specific risk factors that place ...
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Analysis of risk factors for falls in geriatric patients: a single institutional experience
... people, falls have been recognized as one of the major causes of disability and potentially preventable ...of falls in elderly diabetic people who have been receiving insulin therapy versus those on oral ...
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Risk factors for falls in older adults in a South African Urban Community
... of risk factors and their associ- ation with falls was hindered by the cross-sectional data collection and retrospective recall of falls both at base- line and ...a risk factor could ...
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An investigation of the incidence of falling and risk factors for falls in adults with advanced cancer
... hazard. Falls are common in adults with advanced cancer and are associated with a high risk of physical ...that falls are likely to adversely affect quality of life due to injury, fear of falling and ...
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Risk Factors for Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Heart Failure
... of risk factors. Among risk factors, evaluating feet and footwear, functional status (activity of daily living skills, use of adaptive equipment and mobility aids), fear of falling, and ...
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Falls in older people: Examining risk factors in specific subgroups and the effectiveness of a specialist-led falls prevention intervention
... of risk factors for falls in a representative sample of community dwelling older ...of falls in the past year remains the strongest predictor of future falls in older men living in the ...
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What are the main risk factors for falls amongst older people and what are the most effective interventions to prevent these falls?
... for falls reduction is strongest in interventions that have selected high-risk populations and take a multi-faceted patient-centred approach to prevention ...known risk factors such as ...
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Risk Factors for Falls among Older People: a Population-based Case-Control Study
... with falls in the ...the risk factors, training how to change the lifestyle, and referring to a physician to control the diseases, are suggested to eliminate the risk of fall among this group ...
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Prevalence of risk factors for falls among elderly people living in long-term care homes
... (3) risk factors for falls including using a cane or walker, a fall during the past 3 months, acute or chronic illness, types and numbers of drugs, and physical de ficits (balance and gait disorders, ...
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Falls, cognitive function, and balance profiles of Singapore community dwelling elderly individuals: Key risk factors
... Conclusion In conclusion, findings revealed that participants older than 85 years had the highest number of fall incidents, combined with mild impairments displayed in the cognitive and balance assessments. Balance ...
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Risk Factors for Falls in Home Care and Long-Term Care Settings: A Focus on Dementia and Parkinson's Disease
... their risk of falls compared to others in the sample. Certain risk factors were excluded from the analysis in this study, such as obesity and foot problems, based on inadequate evidence from ...
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Falls and injuries to Polo players: risk perception, mitigation and risk factors
... Abstract Polo, one of the world ’ s oldest sports, is played in over 80 countries. It is unique in combining the skills of a person with the agility and performance of an animal in a contact sport. There is only one ...
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Falls and risk factors of falls for urban and rural community-dwelling older adults in China
... cultural factors on falls, for example, the effect of squatting on fall ...environmental factors are also ...fall risk factors in a more comprehensive ...and risk factors ...
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Risk factors and risk assessment tools for falls in hospital in-patients: a systematic review
... these risk factors is signiWcantly higher than one would expect to see in community dwelling older persons [12], perhaps conWrming the impression that different intervention strategies may be necessary in ...
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Incidence and risk factors of falls among the elderly in the district of Colombo
... Some risk factors significant in the bivariate analysis were not significant after adjusting for confounding ...these factors and falls among participants observed in the bivariate analysis ...
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Risk Factors of Occupational Injuries Due to Loss of Control, Falls and Overexertion
... of risk factors for occupational injuries traditionally attempt to understand factors that distinguish persons who get injured at work from those who do ...to falls, loss of control and ...
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Identification of Risk Factors Associated with Falls in the Long Term Care Setting
... fall risk factors and the outcomes of falls and recurrent ...environmental factors were conceptualized as a staff-centered process indicator because facility staff were able to adjust ...
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