Risk Factors of Recurrent Falls Among Older Adults Admitted to the Trauma Surgery Department.
balance
elderly
falls
prevention
recurrent
Journal
Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation
ISSN: 2151-4585
Titre abrégé: Geriatr Orthop Surg Rehabil
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101558150
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
11
03
2020
revised:
23
06
2020
accepted:
29
06
2020
entrez:
13
8
2020
pubmed:
13
8
2020
medline:
13
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Falls affect more than 29 million American adults ages ≥65 years annually. Many older adults experience recurrent falls requiring medical attention. These recurrent falls may be prevented through screening and intervention. In 2014 to 2015, records for 199 older adult patients admitted from a major urban teaching hospital's emergency department were queried. Open-ended variables from clinicians' notes were coded to supplement existing closed-ended variables. Of the 199 patients, 52 (26.1%) experienced one or more recurrent falls within 365 days after their initial fall. Half (50.0%) of all recurrent falls occurred within the first 90 days following discharge. A large proportion of recurrent falls among older adults appear to occur within a few months and are statistically related to identifiable risk factors. Prevention and intervention strategies, delivered either during treatment for an initial fall or upon discharge from an inpatient admission, may reduce the incidence of recurrent falls among this population.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32782850
doi: 10.1177/2151459320943165
pii: 10.1177_2151459320943165
pmc: PMC7385824
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
2151459320943165Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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