Elderly caregiver: knowledge, attitudes and practices about falls and its prevention

Mamani, Abigail Roxana Nina; Reiners, Annelita Almeida Oliveira; Azevedo, Rosemeiry Capriata de Souza; Vechia, Akeisa Dieli Ribeiro Dalla; Segri, Neuber José; Cardoso, Joana Darc Chaves

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0276

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“…This scale, validated in Spanish, has good reliability (with Cronbach’s alpha greater than 0.70), and its structural validity discriminates between groups and detects changes over time [ 57 ]. In the event that a person presented some degree of dependence, the presence of the primary caregiver was assessed [ 58 ]. The cut-off points for the level of dependency score are: <20 Total; 20–35 Severe; 40–55 Moderate; ≥60 Mild; 100 Independent.…”

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Factors Associated with the Acceptance of New Technologies for Ageing in Place by People over 64 Years of Age

Chimento‐Díaz

Sánchez‐García

Franco‐Antonio

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Background: In the context of growing population ageing, technologies aimed at helping people age in place play a fundamental role. Acceptance of the implementation of technological solutions can be defined as the intention to use a technology or the effective use of it. Approaches based on the technology acceptance model (TAM) have been shown to have good predictive power for pre-implementation attitudes towards new technologies. Objective: To analyze the degree of acceptability of the use of new technologies for ageing in place and the factors associated with greater acceptance in people older than 64 years. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out. Sociodemographic, clinical and environmental variables, architectural barriers, social risk and quality of life, degree of autonomy, morbidity, and risk of falls were collected in a population sample over 64 years of age in a large region of western Spain. The degree of acceptance of the use of technologies was measured through a scale based on the TAM. Results: Of the 293 people included in the study, 36.2% exhibited a high acceptability of new technologies, 28.3% exhibited a medium acceptability, and 35.5% exhibited a low acceptability. Of all the factors, age, education level, and living alone were significantly associated with high acceptance in the adjusted analyses. Conclusions: Younger age, a higher education level, and living alone are factors associated with a greater degree of acceptance of the use of technologies for ageing in place.

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Factors Associated with the Acceptance of New Technologies for Ageing in Place by People over 64 Years of Age

Chimento‐Díaz

Sánchez‐García

Franco‐Antonio

et al. 2022

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“…However, the literature indicates that pain is one of the most expressive symptoms among older adults, affecting approximately 80% of these individuals. In addition, the presence of this symptom increases the occurrence of falls among older adults (26) .…”

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Factors associated with risk, perception and knowledge of falls in elderly people

Souza

Batista

Campanharo

et al. 2022

Rev. Gaúcha Enferm.

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Objective: To verify the factors associated with risk, perception, and knowledge of falls; and pain among older adults. Method: A cross-sectional study carried out in the Emergency Service of a teaching hospital in the city of São Paulo between September 2019 and March 2020. We selected 197 older adults aged 65 and over, who were not disoriented or confused, of both genders. The instruments Awareness Questionnaire on the Risk of Falls, Morse Fall Scale and Numerical Pain Scales were applied. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used. Results: Interviewees with a high risk of falls in older adults (p = 0.0041); those with a support network had a lower perception and knowledge about the risk of falls (p = 0.0025) and lower percentage of severe pain (p = 0.0033). Conclusion: Factors associated with risk, perception and knowledge of falls and pain among older adults were age, family income, number of dependents, caregiver, support network, hypertension, impaired walking, antihypertensive medication, lipid-lowering medication, level of education, comorbidities and religion.

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“…Neste estudo, houve uma elevada proporção de idosos hipertensos. Este resultado corrobora o encontrado em outro estudo que aponta fatores preditivos para a ocorrência de quedas, entre eles hipertensão arterial sistêmica, deficiência visual, problemas de coluna, osteoporose e doenças reumáticas como (13)(14) , o que mostra que o perfil clínico de idosos hospitalizados neste estudo apresenta componentes que elevam o risco de queda. Sabe-se que a idade mais avançada é acompanhada de comprometimentos na saúde e na capacidade funcional de muitos idosos (15) .…”

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“…Ademais, esse resultado pode sugerir uma relação de causa e efeito, ou seja, os idosos que tinham cuidadores provavelmente eram caidores. Contudo, essa função, geralmente se soma às que o cuidador já tem, que muitas vezes ocorrem sem o devido preparo e por tempo imprevisível (13) .…”

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Functional capacity: association with risk for falls, fear of falling and pain in the elderly

Nadu¹,

Sala²,

Silva³

et al. 2021

Rev Rene

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Objective: to associate functional capacity with the risk of falls, fear of falling, and pain in hospitalized elderly. Methods: cross-sectional study with 130 elderlies. The following scales were applied: Activities of Daily Living, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, Morse Falls, Fear of Falling and Pain. The Kruskal-Wallis test was used to associate the categorical variables to the Daily Living Activities and Pain Scales and the Chi-square test to the Morse Falls. Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient was used to associate the continuous variables with the Fear of Falling Scale. Results: most of the elderlies were independent for basic and instrumental activities of daily living, had high risk for falls, little concern about the possibility of falling, and no pain. Those with higher risk for falls are those with more dependence and have more concern about falling. Conclusion: there was an association between functional capacity and the scales fear of falling and pain.

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Elderly caregiver: knowledge, attitudes and practices about falls and its prevention

Cited by 9 publications

References 24 publications

Factors Associated with the Acceptance of New Technologies for Ageing in Place by People over 64 Years of Age

Factors Associated with the Acceptance of New Technologies for Ageing in Place by People over 64 Years of Age

Factors associated with risk, perception and knowledge of falls in elderly people

Functional capacity: association with risk for falls, fear of falling and pain in the elderly

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