Preventing Falls in the Geriatric Population

Lee, Aimee; Lee, Kuo‐Wei; Khang, Peter

doi:10.7812/tpp/12-119

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“…In a recent Australian population projection, it has been proposed that individuals 65 years and over will increase from 3.2 million on 30 June 2012 to between 5.7 million and 5.8 million in 2031 . Falls are common place in the elderly population with an annual occurrence of one in three communal‐dwelling geriatric adults, of which 6% result in fractures …”

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Mortality and morbidity of neck of femur fractures: A comparison between Orange and peripheral centres

Marshall

Suthersan

Chan

et al. 2015

Aust J Rural Health

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Mortality and morbidity of neck of femur fractures: A comparison between Orange and peripheral centres

Marshall

Suthersan

Chan

et al. 2015

Aust J Rural Health

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“…The ageing population is increasing parallel to increasing life expectancy, resulting in increased susceptibility to health problems such as the risk of fall (Sahin & Erkai 2016). Characterized as a 'geriatric syndrome', falls have become an epidemically devastating and growing public health concern amongst health practitioner worldwide (Lee et al 2013).…”

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“…The consequences of falls are debilitating and are commonly associated with loss of independence, injuries, disability and death. In addition falls often result in premature nursing home admission, requiring personal and acute long-term health care, leading to social, physical, financial and care taker burden (Lee et al 2013).…”

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Discriminative and Predictive Ability of Physical Performance Measures in Identifying Fall Risk among Older Adults

Samah

Singh²,

Murukesu

et al. 2018

JSM

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Falls are a public health concern among older adults. There is a need to take significant measures such as screening for the risk of a fall as a means of prevention and management. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine discriminative and predictive ability of physical performance measures in identifying the risk of fall among Malaysian community dwelling older adults. Three hundred twenty-five Malaysian community dwelling older adults aged 60 years and above (67.67+ 5.5 years) participated in this study. This study was a part of a larger longitudinal study 'LRGS TUA'. Physiological Profile Assessment (PPA), a comprehensive tool for quantifying risk of fall was used as a standard measure of comparison to 6 Meter Gait Speed (GS), Timed Up and Go (TUG) and Walking While Talking (WWT) tests to establish discriminative and predictive ability. Participants recorded incidence of falls in a 'falls diary' over a span of six months. To determine the optimum cut off scores of the test identified to classify fall risk, receiver operator curves (ROC) were used and its sensitivity and specificity were calculated. A significant mean difference between fallers and non-fallers was demonstrated only with TUG test (p<0.05). TUG test cut off score in discriminating older adults at risk of fall was established at eight seconds, with a sensitivity and specificity of 83.95% and 32.4%, respectively, in this study. Eighty-four percent older adults who experienced a fall in our study were identified to be at risk of fall when screened using this TUG cut off score. Our study results suggested TUG test to be an optimal screening tool for risk of fall among community dwelling older adults.

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“…In den USA wurden die Kosten aller Sturzereignisse und ihrer Folgen in den vergange nen Jahren auf mehr als 19 Milliarden US-Dollar geschätzt. Diese Kosten sollen aufgrund der demografischen Entwicklung bis zum Jahr 2020 auf über 54 Milliarden US-Dollar ansteigen [2]. Die öko nomischen Folgen stationärer Sturzereignisse lassen sich nicht genau abschätzen, da diese Ereignisse oft nicht separat in den Un fallstatistiken aufgeführt werden.…”

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Primäre und sekundäre Sturzprävention in der Rehabilitation: Hinweise zur Sturzprophylaxe

Bujan¹,

Döring²,

Sturzenegger³

et al. 2018

Rehabilitation

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Active fall prevention requires analysis of the mechanisms provoking falls and the subsequent initiation of appropriate counteracting measures. This is crucial for the quality management of all rehabilitation programs. There is primary and secondary fall prevention. For the latter, specific and individualized measures have to be taken after the first fall. We here present a practical approach to fall prevention for a better rehabilitation outcome. Fall prevention intervention represents a key component of rehabilitation programs.

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Preventing Falls in the Geriatric Population

Cited by 43 publications

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Mortality and morbidity of neck of femur fractures: A comparison between Orange and peripheral centres

Mortality and morbidity of neck of femur fractures: A comparison between Orange and peripheral centres

Discriminative and Predictive Ability of Physical Performance Measures in Identifying Fall Risk among Older Adults

Primäre und sekundäre Sturzprävention in der Rehabilitation: Hinweise zur Sturzprophylaxe

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