Risk for falls among community-dwelling older people: systematic literature review

LMM Sousa, CMA Marques-Vieira… - Revista gaucha de …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: To identify the risk factors for falls of the community-dwelling elderly in order to
update the Taxonomy II of NANDA International. Method: A systematic literature review …

[PDF][PDF] Step safely: strategies for preventing and managing falls across the life-course

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING AND MANAGING FALLS ACROSS THE LIFE-COURSE
Page 1 STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTING AND MANAGING FALLS ACROSS THE LIFE-COURSE …

Changes in activity levels, physical functioning, and fall risk during the COVID‐19 pandemic

GJ Hoffman, PN Malani, E Solway… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Physical function worsens with older age, particularly for sedentary and socially
isolated individuals, and this often leads to injuries. Through reductions in physical activity …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting falls in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review of prognostic models

GV Gade, MG Jørgensen, J Ryg, J Riis, K Thomsen… - BMJ open, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Original research: Predicting falls in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review of
prognostic models - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH NLM Logo Access keys NCBI …

[HTML][HTML] Fear of falling is as important as multiple previous falls in terms of limiting daily activities: a longitudinal study

M Liu, T Hou, Y Li, X Sun, SL Szanton… - BMC …, 2021 - bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com
Fear of falling and previous falls are both risk factors that affect daily activities of older adults.
However, it remains unclear whether they independently limit daily activities accounting for …

Effects of two physical exercise protocols on physical performance related to falls in the oldest old: A randomized controlled trial

JH Ansai, TR Aurichio, R Gonçalves… - Geriatrics & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To compare the effects of 16‐week multicomponent and resistance training, and 6‐
week detraining on physical variables related to a higher risk of falls in very old people …

Risk factors of indoor fall injuries in community-dwelling older women: a prospective cohort study

J Hu, Q Xia, Y Jiang, P Zhou, Y Li - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2015 - Elsevier
The aims of the study were to explore the characteristics and the potential risk factors of
indoor fall injuries in community-dwelling older women, and to provide evidence for the …

A simple algorithm to predict falls in primary care patients aged 65 to 74 years: the international mobility in aging study

F Gomez, YY Wu, M Auais, A Vafaei… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Primary care practitioners need simple algorithms to identify older adults at higher
risks of falling. Classification and regression tree (CaRT) analyses are useful tools for …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and risk factors associated with injurious falls among community-dwelling older adults in Indonesia

S Pengpid, K Peltzer - Current gerontology and geriatrics research, 2018 - hindawi.com
Objective. To assess the prevalence and health correlates of fall-related injury in a national
population-based community-dwelling sample of older Indonesians. Methods. Participants …

Risk factors for severe injury following indoor and outdoor falls in geriatric patients

SH Kim - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction This study was performed to examine the characteristics of indoor and outdoor
falls in older patients and the factors related to severe injury in the emergency department …