Risk of Falling
Arthritis and the risk of falling into poverty: a survival analysis using Australian data
... the risk of falling into income poverty, however the risk for income poverty was greater for ...higher risk of falling into income poverty when using a multidimensional ...
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Relationship between the Risk of Falling and Prescribed Medication in Community Dwelling Elderly Subjects
... Abstract Introduction: The risk of falling increases with age. A third of the population over 65 has one or more falls per year. Objetive: to know the relationship between drug prescription and falls in the ...
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Assessment of the risk of falling with the use of timed up and go test in the elderly with lower extremity osteoarthritis
... the risk of falling should constitute an inseparable element of dexterity evaluation in the elderly, particularly those with lower extremity ...for risk of falls by the American Geriatric Society and ...
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The risk of falling into poverty after developing heart disease: a survival analysis
... the risk of falling into both income poverty and multidimensional poverty, amongst those under 70 years of ...elevated risk of developing CVD [9, ...the risk of falling into both ...
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<p>Multifactorial Assessment of Risk of Falling in 753 Post-Menopausal Women: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study by the Italian Group for the Study of Metabolic Bone Diseases</p>
... the risk of falling through EFST, 12 consisting of 5 items with dichotomous variables (range 0 – 1), with a total score ranging from 0 (lower risk of falling) to 5 (higher risk of ...of ...
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Prediction of Risk of Falling among Institutionalized Elderly People in Iran
... Berg Balance Scale assessment method is an appropriate method for identifying the elderly people at risk of falling. However, indices other than indices such as sensitivity and specificity should also be ...
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Risk of falling in patients with a recent fracture
... increased risk for future fractures, even in short ...fall risk factors that predict the risk of falling in the first three months after a clinical ...fall risk factors were assessed ...
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The construction of risk of falling among and by older people
... physical risk in the day hospital resulted in an environment in which people were dissuaded from independent activity, and in which normal daily activities such as having meals and drinks were organised and ...
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The construction of the risk of falling among and by older people
... presents risk as external to the self and ...which risk was realised and managed in a day hospital for older ...physical risk, as through the regimes for administering medication and their attention ...
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An investigation of the incidence of falling and risk factors for falls in adults with advanced cancer
... highlight variables to be included and controlled for in analysis, in subsequent studies. From the studies in inpatient settings, the following variables were not exposed to significant misclassification bias and were ...
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Hearing loss in the elderly: a series of risk factors for imbalance and falling
... of falling within these 12 months. This higher rate of falling risk was associated with poor postural control in these people ...and falling, and per 10 dB increase in hearing loss, ...of ...
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A logic model for the implementation of a falls management exercise programme
... To prevent falls, NICE and NHS Right Care recommend the provision of strength and balance exercise programmes for community dwelling older adults who are at a higher risk of falling. (1, 11) The Chief ...
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Modelling the Belt – Envelope Interactions during the Postal Mail Conveying by a Sorting Machine
... When the envelope is passing through a direction switch, there are three phases where the contact surfaces are reduced (Fig. 4a) and there is a risk of falling for the envelope if the[r] ...
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SeniorHonorsThesis.docx
... investigated risk factors for falls among elderly persons living in a community ...the risk of falling, but did find that medication use, especially use of sedatives, was significantly associated ...
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Risk and fear of fall in elderly: associated factors
... the risk of falling is associated with fear of falling, during this study, there was extreme significance in the association between the two, which means that when the fear of falling is ...
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Falls in the elderly
... Independent risk factors for falling include the follow- ing (arranged in order of evidence strength): previous falls, balance impairment, decreased muscle strength, visual impairment, polypharmacy (more ...
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Physical Activation of Elderly and the Decrease of Falling Risk
... Data from these trials showed that programs were associated with 17 percent fewer falls. This conclusion sup- ports again these findings and those of other authors in the same direction. In conclusion, results obtained ...
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Analyzing the problem of falls among older people
... • Evaluation of the normal profile (Physiological Profile Assessment), developed by Lord et al, needs 45 minutes to operate and includes systems involved in maintaining a stable upright stance (gait, balance, vision, and ...
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Patient safety: fall risk in hospital intervention units
... reduced functional, cognitive and visual capacity and the concomitant use of several drug classes are indicated as important predictors of falls (Prates et al., 2014). In the present study, it was identified that falls ...
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A designated centre for people with disabilities operated by Ability West, Galway
... individual risk assessments which outlined the risks individual to residents and the measures in place to control the ...the risk of falling had not been assessed for a resident who, due to their ...
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